Wockhardt rises on receiving USFDA approval for ANDA injections of Oxacillin

07 Aug 2017 Evaluate

Wockhardt is currently trading at Rs. 606.00, up by 6.30 points or 1.05% from its previous closing of Rs. 599.70 on the BSE.

The scrip opened at Rs. 600.00 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 611.30 and Rs. 600.00 respectively. So far 31,000 shares were traded on the counter.

The BSE group 'A' stock of face value Rs. 5 has touched a 52 week high of Rs. 1025.50 on 05-Aug-2016 and a 52 week low of Rs. 555.00 on 22-Jun-2017.

Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs. 622.00 and Rs. 579.10 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs. 6,706.00 crore.

The promoters holding in the company stood at 74.24%, while Institutions and Non-Institutions held 6.61% and 19.15% respectively.

Wockhardt has received approval from the United States Food & Drug Administration (USFDA) for an ANDA for 1gm, and 2gm injections of Oxacillin. The pharma major is expected to launch this product in the United States, soon. The product is being manufactured at a contract manufacturing facility, based near Milan, Italy.

Oxacillin is a penicillanase-resistant beta-lactam antibiotic and is used to treat many different infections caused by penicillin-resistant Staphylococcal and other bacterial infections, such as Urinary Tract Infections, Respiratory Tract Infections, Septicemia, Wound Infection, Bacterial meningitis etc.

Wockhardt is one of the few companies with end to end integrated capabilities for its products, starting with the manufacture of the oral and sterile API’s, the dose forms and marketing through wholly owned subsidiary in the US, enabling the company to capture maximum value.


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