Lupin nudges higher on vying over Rs 780 crore worth revenue from US

28 Nov 2011 Evaluate

Lupin is currently trading at Rs 470.00, up by 1.80 points or 0.38% from its previous closing of Rs 468.20 on the BSE.

The scrip opened at Rs 474.10 and has touched a high and low of Rs 474.80 and Rs 469.00 respectively. So far 3568 shares were traded on the counter.

The BSE group 'A' stock of face value Rs 2 has touched a 52 week high of Rs 519.80 on 30-Nov-2010 and a 52 week low of Rs 363.00 on 25-Feb-2011.

Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs 474.80 and Rs 439.30 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs 20909.18 crore.

The promoters holding in the company stood at 46.94% while Institutions and Non-Institutions held 43.33% and 9.72% respectively.

Lupin is expecting revenues of over Rs 780 crore (up to $150 million) from its oral contraceptive (OC) segment in the US market by 2013-14, a segment in which it had forayed recently. In September this year, the drug firm entered into OC segment in US after the US health regulator approved its generic norethindrone tablets in the strength of 0.35 mg.

The company has received two more approvals from the US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) in the OC segment, since its foray taking the total approvals in the US market to three. Apart from generic norethindrone tablets, the company has received approvals from the USFDA to market generic versions of LoSeasonique tablets and Femcon Fe respectively.

Till date, the company's OC segment pipeline consists of 30 filings out of which it has already received approval for three generic drugs. The US market for oral contraceptives is pegged to be around $4.5 billion, according to industry estimates.

Further, according to IMS Health data, Lupin remains the fifth largest generic player in the US in terms of prescriptions and is currently the market leader in 14 out of 30 generic products in the US.

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