Aurobindo Pharma surges on getting USFDA nod for Amlodipine and Valsartan Tablets

26 Apr 2016 Evaluate

Aurobindo Pharma is currently trading at Rs. 773.60, up by 8.35 points or 1.09% from its previous closing of Rs. 765.25 on the BSE.

The scrip opened at Rs. 761.00 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 778.00 and Rs. 758.95 respectively. So far 31005 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. 582.00 on 25-Feb-2016.

Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs. 794.40 and Rs. 759.00 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs. 45438.42 crore.

The promoters holding in the company stood at 53.79% while Institutions and Non-Institutions held 34.67% and 11.54% respectively.

Aurobindo Pharma has received final approval from the US Food & Drug Administration (USFDA) to manufacture and market Amlodipine and Valsartan Tablets USP, 5 mg/160 mg, 10 mg/160 mg, 5 mg/320 mg and 10 mg/320 mg. This product is expected to be launched in Q1 FY16-17.

The approved ANDA is bioequivalent and therapeutically equivalent to the reference listed drug product (RLD) Exforges Tablets of Norvartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation. Amlodipine and Valsartan Tablets are used in the treatment of hypertension, to lower blood pressure. The approved product has an estimated market size of $123 million for the twelve months ending February 2016.

This is the 71st ANDA (including 15 tentative approvals) to be approved out of Unit VII formulation facility in Hyderabad, India for manufacturing Oral Non-Antibiotic products. Aurobindo now has a total of 254 ANDA approvals (218 Final approvals including 10 from Aurolife Pharma LLC and 36 tentative approvals) from USFDA.

Aurobindo Pharma is engaged in manufacturing pharmaceutical products. It offers active pharmaceutical ingredients, intermediates and generic formulations like astemizole, domeperidone and omeprazole; anti-infective, oral and sterile antibiotics, pain management and osteoporosis segments.

 

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