Aurobindo Pharma rises on receiving USFDA approval for Hydromorphone Hydrochloride Tablets

18 May 2016 Evaluate

Aurobindo Pharma is currently trading at Rs. 782.70, up by 6.35 points or 0.82% from its previous closing of Rs. 776.35 on the BSE.

The scrip opened at Rs. 775.90 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 785.00 and Rs. 769.55 respectively. So far 58528 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. 820.50 and Rs. 769.55 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs. 45798.30 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 Hydromorphone Hydrochloride Tablets USP, 2 mg, 4 mg, and 8 mg. The approved ANDA is bioequivalent and therapeutically equivalent to the reference listed drug product (RLD) Dilaudid (hydromorphone hydrochloride) Tablets, 2 mg, 4 mg, and 8 mg of Purdue Pharma L.P.

Hydromorphone Hydrochloride Tablets is used to relieve moderate to severe pain in patients where the use of an opioid is appropriate. The approved product has an estimated market size of $50 million for the twelve months ending March 2016 according to IMS.

This is the 12th ANDA to be approved out of Aurolife formulation facility in New Jersey, USA for manufacturing Non-Antibiotic products & Controlled substances. Aurobindo now has a total of 263 ANDA approvals (225 Final approvals including 12 from Aurolife Pharma LLC and 38 tentative approvals) from USFDA.

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