Dear Friends ,
Evolution becomes the harbinger of progress only when it goes beyond
mere change to become a source of transformational growth. And progress
becomes meaningful when it impacts not only the future of those who
catalyze it but also the lives of hundreds of thousands of people
around the world.
A year ago, we had embarked on a journey of extensive expansion across
our business operations. It was another big step towards our
transformational growth that saw us scale new levels of excellence,
across our financial and operational performance. It enabled us to span
new boundaries & markets, and to extend our operations across new
innovations & products. It set the stage for a new phase of progress
for your Company - a progress that was to go beyond numbers towards a
far more holistic advancement for us in the burgeoning and expanding
world of medicine and healthcare.
For us, at Panacea Biotec, it became vitally important to look beyond
today into a future in which we perceive India to play a pivotal and
leadership role in the critical areas of healthcare and medicine.
India''s tryst with medicine is civilizations old and we feel it is time
to augment and build brand India. It is to this end that we have made
Think Medicine~Think India'' the bedrock of our Vision 2020 to be the
Largest, Greatest and Most Admired Biotech Company globally.
Excellent Numbers
Although our focus now is to go beyond mere numbers, our financial
performance during the year was a clear indicator of the fact that we
were definitely going in the right direction in our journey towards the
future.
Our focused strategy by seamless execution helped us post excellent
numbers during the financial year under review. The Net turnover
expanded by 28% at Rs.11,305 million during the year ended March 31,
2011. Both the net turnover of pharmaceutical formulations and vaccine
segment grew smartly by 24% and 29% respectively. I am happy to report
that the turnover is matched by substantial growth in the EBITDA by 67%
and PAT by 69% at Rs.1,351 million. The Company has achieved a record
turnover of more than US$ 250 million in the history of the Company.
The Company also achieved record export turnover of US$ 157 million
during FY 2010-11.
Excellent Strategy
With our Vision 2020 firmly in place and our strategy to achieve the
same rooted in our robust strengths - innovative product portfolio,
state-of-the-art facilities, respect for IPR and extensive
collaborations across people competencies, systems and processes - we
are fully geared to take on the global future challenges in the field
of healthcare and medicine.
The award of US FDA approval to our Pharmaceutical Formulations
Facility at Baddi in Himachal Pradesh in April 2010 has laid the
foundation for our exemplary operational performance for years to come.
This latest regulatory approval, as I mentioned in my communication
even last year, is very much in line with your Company''s strategic plan
to expand its formulations business to the fast-growing ICH markets.
The company expects to launch products very soon in the United States
through its distribution partner.
Capitalizing on its collaborative strength, your Company also spread
its wings in Australia, New Zealand, Turkey and Latin American markets
during the year under review. These collaborations are in line with
your Company''s belief in investing in partnerships that provide human,
technical and financial resources to engage and empower the community
worldwide.
New brands and products continued to find focus in your Company''s
strategic growth plans for the future. The thrust, however, was on
finding curative solutions for serious health-related problems. One of
the most notable of such diseases is cancer, and 2010-11 saw us come
out with a novel drug delivery product - PacliALL (refers to Paclitaxel
`For All'') that seeks to address the unmet needs of cancer treatment,
namely elimination of side effects, heightening cost-effectiveness and
accelerating the quality benchmark.
Far more evolved that other products of the kind, PacliALL is the
ultimate solution to everyone''s needs - from critics, to NGOs, to
Government (regulators), patients and doctors.
Conclusion
Our strategic initiatives, as detailed above, are clearly aimed at
enabling the translation of our Vision 2020 in an environment of
futuristic growth and progress. The growth trajectory that we have
charted for ourselves envisages a strong focus on broad-based
advancement for each of us through progressive growth of the Indian
healthcare industry. And as we move forward towards realizing our
goals, we do so with a strong sense of confidence that we have the
continuing support and dedicated commitment of every member of the
Panacea Biotec family, including our employees, partners and
associates.
Thank you
Soshil Kumar Jain
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