Dr Reddy's Second-Quarter Profit Jumps Nearly 70% To 518 Crore Rupees

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Net sales were Rs 3,687 crore, up from Rs 3,491 crore last year.Dr.Reddy's Laboratories posted a better-than-expected rise in second-quarter
profit as higher sales in some emerging countries offset a marginal decline in business in North America, a key market for the Indian
generic drugmaker
Dr.Reddy's net profit soared 69.7 per cent to Rs 518 crore in the quarter ended September 30, well ahead of analysts' expectations of Rs 352
crore, according to Refinitiv data
Revenue in the global generics segment from emerging markets surged 36 per cent to Rs 749 crore ($102.16 million), while domestic sales grew
8 per cent.Net sales were Rs 3,687 crore, up from Rs 3,491 crore last year, the company said on Friday.Revenue from North America fell
marginally due to the absence of sales of a generic version of an opioid addiction drug, offset by a sharply weaker rupee.British drugmaker
Indivior Plc has been fighting the introduction of a cheaper copycat of its film-based blockbuster opioid addiction drug Suboxone by Reddy's
Labs, while also hoping to head off competition from Teva Pharmaceuticals.The company's shares ended marginally higher in a broader Mumbai
market, which dropped 0.9 per cent.($1 = Rs 73.31)