Kunal Damesha · Macquarie Capital
directWhy did cash flow from operations decline sequentially despite similar working capital?
The reason the free cash flow is a bit on the lower side is because of fluctuation in factoring. You know, we do the factoring in various markets, largely in the US, depending on the interest rates and the benefit we get, and because of that, we have rolled back factoring a little bit in this quarter.
Kunal Damesha · Macquarie Capital
directIs there a one-off in the step-up in SG&A expense this quarter?
There are also some one-offs, like increase in freight rates because of some route issues and the Red Sea. Also a few one-offs in farm. Overall, we are confident that our SG&A percentage is going to be within the range of 27%-28% for the full year.
Kunal Damesha · Macquarie Capital
partialAre you on track for 20+ US launches? How many of 25 first-to-file will launch in 2-3 years?
So the answer to the first part, yes, we are on track. How many exact first to file, anybody knows? I don't know exactly to tell you, Kunal. We'll come back to you.
Neha Manpuria · Bank of America
partialHow big can the OTC business be by FY27-28? Will more acquisitions be needed?
The Northstar, the new acquisitions, once come, will be somewhere around the $300 million. So altogether it's $600 million dollar plus, growing. Likely that we want to build on the platform of Northstar and to add more assets in the future. So, we see it as obviously a business that we speak in billions in the future.
Neha Manpuria · Bank of America
directWhat are the timelines for Denosumab and Abatacept filings and launches?
Denosumab is next year, and what are the other products that you are selling? Abatacept should be December 26th, hopefully, and depends on the approvals or marks beginning of 27th, the calendar.
Amey Chalke · JM Financial
directWhat drove the $50-60 million QoQ jump in US revenue? New launches or base business?
So most of it is from the base business. Most of it is the products that we had before, and the contribution of the three products helped the growth, but the lion's share of the growth came from products that we had before.
Amey Chalke · JM Financial
directWhat is the base business growth in India excluding the vaccine acquisition?
Yeah. So it's, let's say without the vaccine, it's probably mid-single digits, without it.
Damayanti Kerai · HSBC
partialWhat is the cost spend on biologics and when will meaningful sales start?
On biologics, we have just maybe just to frame what we call biologics in the company. We have biosimilars, which is about, I think, if I'm not mistaken, 20%? No, of the R&D. About 20% of the R&D and about 10% of the profit.
Surya Patra · PhilipCapital India Private Limited
partialWhat is the investment in Aurigene biologic facility and is it for CDMO?
That specific investment is for the CDMO activity of the biologics for Aurigene. So that's the primary purpose of this. The level of investment is a few hundred INR crores. I don't remember exactly how much.
Shyam Srinivasan · Goldman Sachs
directHow will you deploy the significant cash and cash flow over the next 2-3 years?
First, we believe that we have about $2.5 billion that we can invest in organically. The primary way to use it is less of mergers and acquisitions, and more about collaborations, licensing, and from time to time, we will buy also assets or rights to the assets.
Shyam Srinivasan · Goldman Sachs
directWill Dr. Reddy's change its valuation philosophy for India acquisitions?
We are looking at all the deals in India. If the deal is better than across the capital, absolutely, we'll do it, and India will be absolutely a priority.
Kunal Damesha · Macquarie Capital
partialWhat is the current and planned capacity of the Bachupally biologics facility?
We are still investing in our Bachupally facility. The intent is to become something like 60 kiloliter in that facility. This probably will take us additional two years to reach that level. I think 15, if I remember, 15,000.