Aurobindo Pharma rises on receiving USFDA approval for Methylprednisolone Sodium Succinate Injection

17 Dec 2015 Evaluate

Aurobindo Pharma is currently trading at Rs. 833.30, up by 12.95 points or 1.58% from its previous closing of Rs. 820.35 on the BSE.

The scrip opened at Rs. 829.90 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 835.55 and Rs. 823.70 respectively. So far 51954 shares were traded on the counter.

The BSE group 'A' stock of face value Rs. 1 has touched a 52 week high of Rs. 860.80 on 29-Oct-2015 and a 52 week low of Rs. 490.50 on 26-Feb-2015.

Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs. 835.55 and Rs. 800.45 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs. 48352.26 crore.

The promoters holding in the company stood at 53.92% while Institutions and Non-Institutions held 34.97% and 11.11% respectively.

Aurobindo Pharma has received final approval from the US Food & Drug Administration (USFDA) to manufacture and market Methylprednisolone Sodium Succinate Injection USP, 40 mg/vial, 125 mg/vial, 500 mg/vial, and 2 g/vial. The approved ANDA is bioequivalent and therapeutically equivalent to the reference listed drug product (RLD) Solu-Medrol, of Pharmacia & Upjohn Co.

Methylprednisolone Sodium Succinate Injection is a lyophilized product used in the treatment of various medical conditions viz allergic states, disorders etc. The approved product has an estimated market size of $102 million for the twelve months ending October 2015.

This is the 19th ANDA (including one tentative approval) approved out of Unit IV formulation facility in Hyderabad, India used for manufacturing general injectable products. Aurobindo now has a total of 224 ANDA approvals (196 Final approvals including 10 from Aurolife Pharma LLC and 28 Tentative approvals) from USFDA.


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