The new US public benefit pharma manufacturing firm Phlow has received significant federal funding in a bid to improve domestic supply security. Scrip speaks to prominent executives in India's industry over whether this model, if widely replicated, could put at risk the clout and market access plans of the Indian generic industry, a major supplier to the US market. 

Dr Reddy’s enjoyed a strong showing in Europe in the fiscal fourth quarter amid a string of launches and a ramp-up in France, Italy and Spain, with the Indian firm anticipating continued momentum in the region by leveraging its global portfolio. The firm’s China growth strategy is 'still valid', management maintains.

Strong showing by Dr Reddy’s in Europe in fiscal fourth quarter amid a string of launches and a ramp-up in France, Italy and Spain, with the Indian firm anticipating continued momentum in the region by leveraging its global portfolio. China growth strategy 'still valid', management maintains.

Informa Markets’ recent webinar on COVID-19 and its impact on the Indian pharmaceutical industry deliberated a range of burning issues across the sector’s spectrum of activities, including efforts to stem India’s vulnerable dependency on active pharmaceutical ingredients imported from China, current trends for the excipients and pharma machinery segments and how industry is handling demand-supply disruptions in these challenging times.

Cipla’s fourth-quarter 2020 sales were hit because of COVID-19- related dispatch challenges, though it remains upbeat about the prospects of interchangeable albuterol and the latest filing for generic Advair Diskus as part of its quest for lung leadership.

Biocon’s fourth-quarter earnings were impacted by pandemic-related disruptions, especially its biologics arm, but the Indian firm anticipates a “good recovery.” All eyes will be on the anticipated US launch of biosimilar insulin glargine and its interchangeability status, while the company remains confident of delivering a $1bn FY2022 revenue target for biologics.