Torrent Pharmaceuticals gains on entering into voluntary licensing agreement with Lilly for Baricitinib

14 May 2021 Evaluate

Torrent Pharmaceuticals is currently trading at Rs. 2762.70, up by 37.05 points or 1.36% from its previous closing of Rs. 2725.65 on the BSE.

The scrip opened at Rs. 2778.70 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 2823.90 and Rs. 2750.00 respectively. So far 10659 shares were traded on the counter.

The BSE group 'A' stock of face value Rs. 5 has touched a 52 week high of Rs. 3040.00 on 11-Aug-2020 and a 52 week low of Rs. 2232.00 on 27-Jul-2020.

Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs. 2823.90 and Rs. 2603.55 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs. 47402.13 crore.

The promoters holding in the company stood at 71.25%, while Institutions and Non-Institutions held 19.72% and 9.03% respectively.

Torrent Pharmaceuticals has entered into a royalty free, non-exclusive voluntary licensing agreement with Eli Lilly and Company, joining a group of leading Indian pharmaceutical companies for baricitinib for Covid-19 in India. Under the agreement, Lilly has provided the license to manufacture and distribute baricitinib to Torrent for India along with Lilly's other license partners.

The agreement will help ensure wider reach and access to patients in India and further adds to Torrent Pharma's effort in helping patients affected by the pandemic. Baricitinib has been approved by the Central Drug Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO), India for restricted emergency use in combination with remdesivir for the treatment of suspected or laboratory confirmed Covid-19 in hospitalized adults requiring supplemental oxygen, invasive mechanical ventilation or extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.

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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