The stock hit a 52-week high of Rs 494, up 9 per cent on the BSE on Wednesday, surging 20 per cent in past two trading days on expectation of strong growth prospects in United States.
Patent Office rules that the drug isn't an improvement over other formulations in the same space, hence not eligible to enjoy a patent
Market size in the US for the API was about $5,497 million in FY19; firm says generic launch is one of its largest this year
Medicine is a therapeutic equivalent of Plaquenil tablets of Concordia Pharma of US
The stock slipped 8% to Rs 430 on the BSE in intra-day trade after the company reported 57% year-on-year decline in net profit at Rs 166 million in June quarter.
The firm is one of the leading manufacturers of APIs for anti-retroviral (ARV), Hepatitis C, and Oncology
Total revenue grew 16.7% to Rs 478.4 cr
On the NSE, the stock listed at Rs 489.90 and gained as much as Rs 498
The IPO, which opened to public subscription on December 6-8, was subscribed 4.54 times at a price band of Rs 426-428 per share
The Rs 1,332-cr IPO received bids for over 9.87 crore shares as against the total issue size of over 2.19 crore scrips
The firm proposes to use the net proceeds from the fresh issue towards pre-payment of term loans