Mankind's new subsidiary will have an initial paid-up capital of Rs 5 crore with a further investment of up to Rs 250 crore in one or more tranches, the press statement added.
The development comes after Sebi observed that information on OTC trades in listed non-convertible securities provided to the stock exchanges by the investors is incomplete and inaccurate.
The acquisition by the company's fully-owned subsidiary Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Inc, USA includes the approved abbreviated new drug applications (ANDAs) for famotidine tablets, 10 mg and 20 mg used to treat and prevent ulcers in the stomach and intestine, the company said in a statement.
Piramal’s consumer products division is tapping celebrity endorsements, expanding distribution and leveraging e-commerce as it eyes rapid growth.
These investments would be driven by the need to further diversify the domestic prescription business, India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra) said in its report.
The Mumbai-based firm has introduced its legacy product 'Softovac' across the country as an OTC medicine.
"The company's consumer products division has entered into an agreement to acquire four brands from Pfizer Ltd for a consideration of Rs 110 crore," Piramal Enterprises said in a filing to BSE.
"Derivatives are an integral risk management tool for business entities and financial institutions. However, derivative markets can also lead to excessive and opaque risk taking, which may result in systemic risks, especially so in the context of the over-the-counter (OTC) derivative markets," the central bank said in a notification this evening.
The Reserve Bank today said Clearing Corporation Of India (CCIL) will be the designated trade repository for over-the-counter (OTC) interest rate and foreign exchange contracts.
The approved product has an estimated market size of USD 96 million for the twelve months ending January 2016 according to IMS.
Net sales during the period under review stood at Rs 183.38 crore while in the same period last fiscal it was at Rs 213.02 crore.
Kedar Rajadnye, COO -Consumer Products Division, indicated that the company, which has grown at 18 percent in last 4-5 years, is in line to achieve its Rs 1,000 crore revenue target by 2020.
Piramal Enterprise‘s consumer product division has acquired the baby care brand Little‘s for Rs 73 crore.
The company had posted a net profit of Rs 14 crore a year ago. "The company has received a sale consideration in relation to the slump sale of the OTC division to GSK CPL amounting to Rs 1,097.3 million and the same has been accounted for in the quarter ended September 30, 2015 results," Novartis said in a note.
The forex market and government securities markets, along with all OTC derivative markets, would continue to remain closed on all Saturdays, RBI said while announcing supporting changes in its working in the wake of the government notifying public holiday on the second and fourth Saturdays of every month for all banks.
The Dadha Group owned NetMeds.com, India’s first e-marketplace for pharma to offer delivery across the country has partnered ...
Drug major Cipla on Tuesday said its board has approved a potential investment by FIL Capital Investments (Mauritius) II Ltd in its consumer healthcare business.
The company gave no size for the planned listing, which is pending approval by the NEEQ that operates China's leading over-the-counter (OTC) equity exchange.
The drug company's consolidated net profit rose 5.7 percent to Rs 235 crore for the second quarter ended September 30, 2013 from Rs 222.4 crore year-on-year.
Venus Remedies entered OTC (over-the-counter) category with Ezenus. Dheeraj Aggarwal, CFO, Venus Remedies says that Ezenus is our first OTC product which is a stress reliever. It works for reducing anti-toxicants in the body.
As patents expire and generic drugs becoming available, pharma companies are looking forward to penetrate in the Over the Counter (OTC) market.
The latest relaxation in the Securities Lending and Borrowing (SLB) guidelines by Sebi is unlikely to excite short sellers, feel market participants.
At least 20 commodities traders, several senior, have left Goldman Sachs in the past months, dealing a blow to Wall Street's long-time king of commodities as talent moves to better paying trading houses and hedge funds.
Jubilant Life Sciences today said its has signed a contract manufacturing agreement with an undisclosed US pharmaceutical firm to produce an OTC product in women health and personal care segment.
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries has got US FDA nod to sell Cetirizine Tablets as OTC, reports CNBC-TV18, quoting NewsWire18. It touched an intraday high of Rs 530 and an intraday low of Rs 495.90. At 09:46 hrs the share was quoting at Rs 501.25, up Rs 10.95, or 2.23%.