Alembic Pharmaceuticals rises on receiving USFDA approval for Acyclovir ointment

09 Apr 2018 Evaluate

Alembic Pharmaceuticals is currently trading at Rs. 548.60, up by 7.75 points or 1.43% from its previous closing of Rs. 540.85 on the BSE.

The scrip opened at Rs. 550.00 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 559.90 and Rs. 548.60 respectively.

The BSE group 'A' stock of face value Rs. 2 has touched a 52 week high of Rs. 645.05 on 17-Apr-2017 and a 52 week low of Rs. 469.75 on 20-Sep-2017.

Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs. 562.70 and Rs. 535.15 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs. 10,341.00 crore.

The promoters holding in the company stood at 72.68%, while Institutions and Non-Institutions held 14.34% and 12.98% respectively.

Alembic Pharmaceuticals has received approval from the US Food & Drug Administration (USFDA) for its Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) Acyclovir ointment USP, 5%. The approved ANDA is therapeutically equivalent to the reference listed drug product (RLD) Zovirax ointment 5%, of Valeant Pharmaceuticals North America LLC.

Acyclovir ointment USP, 5% is indicated in the management of initial genital herpes and in limited non-life-threatening mucocutaneous Herpes simplex virus infections in immunocompromised patients. Acyclovir ointment USP, 5%, has an estimated market size of $145 million for twelve months ending December 2016, according to IMS.

Alembic Pharmaceuticals, a vertically integrated research and development pharmaceutical company, has been at the forefront of Healthcare since 1907. The company now has a total of 71 ANDA approvals (63 final approvals and 8 tentative approvals) from USFDA.


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