Sun Pharmaceutical Industries is up 1 percent after a competitor raised its revenue guidance, citing strong sale of a generic antibiotic also sold by Sun Pharma.
Hikma Pharmaceuticals Plc on Wednesday raised its full-year revenue forecast for the third time in four months, riding on strong sales of generic antibiotic doxycycline, a drug used to prevent and treat malaria and other infections.
Analysts expect generic doxycycline to contribute around USD 60-80 million in sales in FY14 for Sun Pharma.
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