The company will work towards increasing volumes in the gastro-intestinal, anti-diabetic and cardio segments, among others, to overcome margin pressures due to industry headwinds, says Prabhat Agrawal, CEO of Alkem Laboratories.

Alkem's brush with Germany may not hit profit, revenue:Prabhudas

There is growing harmonisation between leading regulators across the world and WHO is taking note of the observations made by US FDA on pharma companies everywhere, says Surajit Pal, pharma analyst at Prabhudas Lilladher.

Aim is to prevent rampant use of antibiotics: P Lilladher

Hailing the government's move, Surajit Pal, pharma analyst at Prabhudas Lilladher, says the aim of regulation is to prevent rampant use of antibiotics. He says Abbott is likely to be severely impacted by the move as it has around 15.4 percent exposure to fixed-dosed combinations.