syngene: Syngene gets booster dose of sky-high valuation, but investors cautiously upbeat on stock

Synopsis If Torrent Pharma were to acquire Cipla, which is 2.5 times its size in sales, it would be a bold move. While the acquisition would catapult Torrent to the top of the heap in the domestic market and make it the second-largest Indian pharma company in terms of revenue, financing the deal and integration […]

Doctors are grappling with a raft of unsparing hospital-acquired superbugs broadly known as anti-microbial resistance or AMR. Are bacterial infections the next big lethal adversary for mankind?

Nandini Piramal, chairperson, Piramal Pharma; image courtesy of Piramal Pharma. Synopsis Piramal Pharma’s management is optimistic that with revenue growth and margin expansion, it will be able to trim debt over the next five years. But the capital-intensive nature of its main contract manufacturing business scaling remains a challenge. Will Piramal Pharma be able to […]