Torrent Pharmaceuticals falls on recalling 20,952 cartons of hypertension drug in US

28 Apr 2016 Evaluate

Torrent Pharmaceuticals is currently trading at Rs. 1439.00, down by 5.30 points or 0.37% from its previous closing of Rs. 1444.30 on the BSE.

The scrip opened at Rs. 1430.30 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 1450.20 and Rs. 1424.75 respectively. So far 1,653 shares were traded on the counter.

The BSE group 'A' stock of face value Rs. 5 has touched a 52 week high of Rs. 1720.00 on 01-Sep-2015 and a 52 week low of Rs. 1151.25 on 04-May-2015.

Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs. 1477.80 and Rs. 1410.00 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs. 24,350.00 crore.

The promoters holding in the company stood at 71.25% while Institutions and Non-Institutions held 17.78% and 10.98% respectively.

Torrent Pharmaceuticals has initiated nationwide Class III recall of 20,952 cartons of Telmisartan tablets from US market which is used for treatment of hypertension. The said tablets were manufactured at the company’s Indrad facility and the recall is due to presence of ‘foreign substance’ in them. The tablets in the strength of 80 mg are made by the company for its US arm Torrent Pharma Inc.

As per USFDA, a Class III recall is initiated in a situation in which use of, or exposure to, a violative product is not likely to cause adverse health consequences.

Torrent Pharmaceuticals is Flagship Company of the Torrent group, a leader in cardiovascular and central nervous system segments. It also has presence in gastro-intestinal, diabetology, anti-infective and pain management segments.



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