India's pharma industry must pivot from global leadership in generics to innovation, backed by stronger policy, R&D funding and regulatory reforms, says Satish Reddy
Indian pharma companies are expanding selectively in the US for complex products while retaining India as their manufacturing base despite Trump's tariff threat
Among sectoral indices, the BSE IT surged 16% followed by Consumer Durables (9%), Realty (8%) and Auto (6%). On the flip side, Capital Goods and Power indices declined 7% and 6%, respectively.
Laurus Labs quoted higher for the fourth straight day, surging 15% in this period after delivering record quarterly revenue with expanded profitability and continued portfolio transformation.
From generics to global leadership, India's pharmaceutical industry has transformed since 1991. Its next challenge is becoming a global hub for breakthrough drug innovation
North America weakness, lower margins, uncertainty over key launches weigh on earnings outlook
Brokerages largely remain bearish on Dr Reddy's Labs shares following the Q1 earnings show.
Imported generics to remain tariff-free for two years; industry doubts US can build a cost-competitive manufacturing ecosystem within the transition period
The drugmaker attributed the sharp earnings decline to a one-time semaglutide provision and the end of its lenalidomide agreement, while retaining its FY27 guidance
The US President Donald Trump announced a proposal to impose phased tariff (up to 200%) regime on imported generic medicines aimed at encouraging pharmaceutical manufacturing within the United States.
Pharma stocks: RPG Life, Thyrocare, Hester Biosciences, Rubicon Research, IOL Chemicals, Emcure and Suven Life from the BSE Healthcare index rallied between 4% and 8% on Monday.
The company said certain batches of semaglutide were found to be out of specification due to issues associated with the API used in the product
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Drugmaker says it will supply 6-7 million pens in the last two quarters of FY27 and restart production by November after resolving the API-related quality issue
Drugmaker said certain batches of semaglutide failed to meet quality specifications, prompting a delay in commercial supplies, while maintaining there is no impact on patient safety
Dr Reddy's informed stock exchanges that certain batches of semaglutide were found to be out of specification due to an issue associated with the active pharmaceutical ingredient used in the product.
Pharma stock rally: Orchid Pharma, Hikal, Unichem Labs, IOL Chemicals, SPARC, RPG Life Sciences and Acutaas Chemicals surged up to 13% in Wednesday's trade.
In the past month, the Nifty Pharma index outperformed the market by surging 7.4 per cent, as compared to 4.2 per cent rise in the Nifty 50.
In the past seven trading days, the Nifty Pharma index outperformed the market by soaring 5.4 per cent, as compared to 0.1 per cent decline in the Nifty 50.
Dr Reddys Laboratories stock hit a fresh 52-week high of ₹1,410 in Monday's intra-day trade, backed by strong surge in trading volume.