When asked about the Cipla Indore facility, which has come under the USFDA scanner for manufacturing norms violations, Talati reassures that the facility is not a major contributer to Cipla earnings. Hence this news, he feels should not affect sales.
Ranbaxy‘s Toansa plant supplies 70 percent of US-based Ohm Laboratories‘ Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API) requirement. This in turn means the company will soon have to go in for outsourcing, incurring a huge costs.
Chirag Talati, Pharma Analyst at Espirito Santo Securities is bullish on Cipla.
Chirag Talati, Espirito Santo Securities says the policy had been anticipated for long. According to him, Cipla, Cadila and Ranbaxy will be impacted negatively.
Espirito Santo has downgraded Bangalore-based Biocon to "sell" from "neutral" and sharply revised its target price to Rs 186 a share from Rs 350, flagging off several issues, which it says raise accounting and corporate governance questions over at the biotech firm.
Chirag Talati, pharma analyst, Espirito Santo Securities says the RBI's move to boost the Indian currency by asking exporters to convert 50% of their foreign exchange holdings into rupees will not have a significant impact on pharma companies.
Ranbaxy Laboratories said it has reached a settlement with the US Food and Drug Administration while setting aside USD 500 million to address its potential liability from a separate US Justice Department investigation.
While the market has been weak, the pharma sector has remained steadfastly resilient. Chirag Talati, Pharma Analyst, Espirito Santo Securities talks about what is making news in the pharma space.
Buy Lupin, says Chirag Talati, Pharma Analyst, Espirito Santo Securities.
Pharma stocks reeled under pressure on fears that the duty entitlement passbook (DEPB) benefits scheme may be withdrawn from the exporting companies, thus, hurt their overseas formulations.