Alembic Pharma edges higher on its JV getting approval from USFDA for Lidocaine Ointment

26 Nov 2018 Evaluate

Alembic Pharmaceuticals is currently trading at Rs. 560.25, up by 0.30 points or 0.05% from its previous closing of Rs. 559.95 on the BSE.

The scrip opened at Rs. 554.00 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 572.85 and Rs. 554.00 respectively. So far 1183 shares were traded on the counter.

The BSE group 'A' stock of face value Rs. 2 has touched a 52 week high of Rs. 664.00 on 27-Sep-2018 and a 52 week low of Rs. 412.40 on 24-May-2018.

Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs. 574.75 and Rs. 554.00 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs. 10651.15 crore.

The promoters holding in the company stood at 72.96%, while Institutions and Non-Institutions held 14.88% and 12.16% respectively.

Alembic Pharmaceuticals’ Joint Venture (JV) -- Aleor Dermaceuticals has received approval from the US Food & Drug Administration (USFDA) for its Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) Lidocaine Ointment USP, 5%.

The approved ANDA is therapeutically equivalent to the reference listed drug product (RLD), Xylocaine Ointment, 5%, of AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP (AstraZeneca). Lidocaine Ointment USP, 5% are indicated for production of anesthesia of accessible mucous membranes of the oropharynx. Lidocaine Ointment USP, 5%, has an estimated market size of $ 97 million for twelve months ending December 2017 according to IQVIA.

The company has a cumulative total of 79 ANDA approvals (66 final approvals and 13 tentative approvals) from USFDA, including this first ANDA approval for Aleor.

Alembic Pharmaceuticals, a vertically integrated research and development pharmaceutical company, has been at the forefront of Healthcare since 1907.

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