SwastiChemEx: Ranbaxy net loss rises to Rs.1,030 cr in Q3

Thursday 29 January 2015

Ranbaxy net loss rises to Rs.1,030 cr in Q3

Ranbaxy Laboratories has reported heavy consolidated net loss of Rs.1,030 crore during the third quarter ended December 2014 due to higher provision for taxation, lower sales and forex loss as against Rs.159 crore in the similar period of last year. The company provided Rs.888.19 crore for taxation as compared to Rs.98.14 crore in the same quarter of last year. Further, it incurred a forex loss of Rs.15.28 crore as against forex gain of Rs.103.57 crore. EPS worked out to negative Rs.24.26 as compared to negative Rs.3.76 in the last period.

With poor performance, Ranbaxy scrip declined sharply to 702.40 in the afternoon session on BSE. The scrip touched to its yearly highest level at Rs 724.95 in the morning session today.

Its consolidated net sales declined by 9.5 per cent to Rs.2,588 crore from Rs.2,859 crore. Its US sale touched to Rs.896 crore and that in West Europe reached at Rs.208 crore. Its sales in India increased by 2 per cent to Rs.591 crore. Its sales in East Europe and CIS amounted to Rs 373 crore due to currency depreciation in Russia and Ukraine. Its sales in Africa and Middle East reached at Rs.224 crore. Sales in Asia Pacific and LATAM (including Sri Lanka improved sharply by 46 per cent to Rs.218 crore. Its API sales declined to Rs.71 crore primarily impacted by supply issues at Toansa and Dewas.

Ranbaxy's domestic business improved by 12 per cent. It launched India's first biosimilar of infliximab, Infimab through a licensing partnership with EPIRUS Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. It is indicated for the treatment of inflammatory diseases including rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn's Disease, ankylosing spondylitis, ulcerative colitis, psoriatic arthritis and psoriasis.

The company received the regulatory approval to launch India's first NCE Synriam in seven African countries viz., Nigeria, Uganda, Senegal, Cameroon, Guinea, Kenya and Ivory Coast. The product has since been launched in Uganda and will be made available in other countries towards end of January 2015.

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