Aurobindo Pharma gains on receiving USFDA approval for Voriconazole Tablets

28 Jan 2016 Evaluate

Aurobindo Pharma is currently trading at Rs. 804.85, up by 3.00 points or 0.37% from its previous closing of Rs. 801.85 on the BSE.

The scrip opened at Rs. 800.00 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 806.65 and Rs. 797.50 respectively. So far 5,432 shares were traded on the counter.

The BSE group 'A' stock of face value Rs. 1 has touched a 52 week high of Rs. 891.50 on 30-Dec-2015 and a 52 week low of Rs. 490.50 on 26-Feb-2015.

Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs. 829.00 and Rs. 779.55 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs. 47,060.00 crore.

The promoters holding in the company stood at 53.90% while Institutions and Non-Institutions held 35.24% and 10.86% respectively.

Aurobindo Pharma has received final approval from the US Food & Drug Administration (USFDA) to manufacture and market Voriconazole Tablets, 50 mg and 200 mg. This product is expected to be launched in Q4 FY15-16. The approved ANDA is bioequivalent and therapeutically equivalent to the reference listed drug product (RLD) VFEND Tablets, 50 mg and 200 mg of PF Prism C.V. (Prism).

Voriconazole Tablets is used in the treatment of fungal infections for patients 12 years of age and older. The approved product has an estimated market size of $103 million for the twelve months ending November 2015 according to IMS.

This is the 59th ANDA to be approved out of Unit VII formulation facility in Hyderabad, India for manufacturing Oral Non-Antibiotic products. Aurobindo now has a total of 233 ANDA approvals (202 Final approvals including 10 from Aurolife Pharma LLC and 31 Tentative approvals) from USFDA.


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