New Delhi, Jan 14 The US health regulator has pulled up drug major Sun Pharma for manufacturing lapses, including failure to follow appropriate written..
The US FDA last week listed the Halol facility in Gujarat under import alert with products manufactured at the unit now subject to refusal of admission in the US market.
Domestic business is witnessing market share gains and expecting better traction as the company’s field force expansion is over
At the conclusion of the inspection, the US FDA issued a Form-483, with 10 observations, the company said, adding that it was preparing a response, which will be submitted to the US pharma regulator within two weeks of business days.
Sun Pharma's key specialty products, particularly Ilumya (plaque psoriasis) and Cequa (dry eye disease), held up well
Sun Pharma's India business is expected to gain traction as sub-chronic and acute therapies pick up with the opening up of clinics/OPDs. This is likely to be fully backed by the field force where the expansion has recently been completed
What adds to the Sun Pharma's investment case is the prospect for US specialty. The management hopes to achieve EBITDA break-even for a few products next fiscal
CLSA says Mohali plant clearance is a significant positive development for the company and shows progress on regulatory issues. Clearance makes a large oral solid dosage site available to de-risk existing sites.
In an interview to CNBC-TV18's Latha Venkatesh, Sonia Shenoy and Anuj Singhal, Sanjiv Bhasin of IIFL shared his reading and outlook on the market and also gave recommendations on various stocks.
Halol is an important plant for Sun Pharma and contributed 10-15 percent to its US sales before the factory received a warning letter from the US Food & Drug Administration for violation of manufacturing norms in December 2015.
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Pharma major Sun Pharma has said the US health regulator's audit report on its plant at Halol in Gujarat will have a positive impact on the company in the long-term.
In an interview to CNBC-TV18, Dipan Mehta, Member of BSE & NSE shared his readings and outlook on specific stocks and sectors.
Analysts feel that observations issued for Halol unit are not serious in nature. They are still hopeful of early clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration to Halol unit. According to them, these are largely related to standard operating procedures and not related to data integrity.
Shares of Sun Pharmaceutical Industries gained 2 percent intraday Thursday on short covering after the US health regulator issued nine observations for Halol plant. The recovery in share price may also be on hopes that the company may be able to resolve these issues soon.
Healthcare major Sun Pharmaceutical Industries shares plunged more than 6 percent intraday Wednesday on US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) concerns. According to IIFL, the US health regulator has issued 14-page 483 observations letter after inspection of Sun Pharma's Halol unit in Gujarat.
Pharma stocks, especially which have large exposure to United States, saw knee-jerk reaction on Friday after a media report indicated that US prosecutors are undertaking an investigation into the suspected price collusion.
According to a CNBC-TV18 poll, the drug major is likely to see revenue growth of 20.2 percent at Rs 7876.6 crore in Q1 against Rs 6552.2 crore in year-ago period.
The three-year agreement will be implemented with retrospective effect starting from August 1, 2015 till July 31, 2018. The earlier wage settlement was effective from August 1, 2012 to July 31, 2015.
The company also said that the pharma major will continue to build speciality business which could impact short term profitability. It also cautioned that it could lose anywhere between 5-10 percent due to pricing pressure and peer consolidation in the US.
However, higher competition in Taro's products, re-inspection of Halol resulting in more observations which could delay earnings recovery from the Halol plant may pose threat to the company.
With the commissioning of its Vadodara manufacturing plant, which entailed an investment of around Rs 190 crore, the company expects the capacity to go up to 2,500 MW over the next 2-3 years.
Export market is seeing a clear slowdown due to currency depreciation, said Anant Goenka, MD of Ceat, in an interview to CNBC-TV18.
The significant violations included the company's failure "to maintain floors, walls, and ceilings of smooth, hard surfaces that are easily cleanable in aseptic processing areas".
Operating profit (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation) may increase 1.8 percent quarter-on-quarter to Rs 1,968.5 crore and margin may remain flat at 28 percent in Q3.