Aurobindo Pharma shines on receiving USFDA approval for Sevelamer Carbonate oral suspension

15 Jun 2017 Evaluate

Aurobindo Pharma is currently trading at Rs. 623.25, up by 21.80 points or 3.62% from its previous closing of Rs. 601.45 on the BSE.

The scrip opened at Rs. 602.00 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 625.75 and Rs. 600.75 respectively. So far 168689 shares were traded on the counter.

The BSE group 'A' stock of face value Rs. 1 has touched a 52 week high of Rs. 895.00 on 06-Oct-2016 and a 52 week low of Rs. 504.00 on 29-May-2017.

Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs. 625.75 and Rs. 597.00 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs. 36210.46 crore.

The promoters holding in the company stood at 51.87%, while institutions and non-institutions held 33.75% and 14.38% respectively.

Aurobindo Pharma has received final approval from the US Food & Drug Administration (USFDA) to manufacture Sevelamer Carbonate oral suspension, 0.8 gm and 2.4 gm. Sevelamer Carbonate oral suspension, a therapeutic equivalent generic version of Genzyme’s Renvela oral suspension. The product is being launched immediately.

Sevelamer Carbonate oral suspension is indicated for the control of serum phosphorus in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) on dialysis. According to IMS, the approved product has an estimated market size of $140 million for the twelve months ending April 2017.

This is the 116th ANDA (including 19 tentative approvals) to be approved out of Unit VII formulation facility in Hyderabad, India used for manufacturing oral products. Aurobindo now has a total of 323 ANDA approvals (288 Final approvals including 16 from Aurolife Pharma LLC and 35 tentative approvals) from USFDA.

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