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DRREDDY Diversified 30 Jul 2025

Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Limited — Q1 FY26

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Revenue ₹8,545 Cr +11%
EBITDA ₹2,278 Cr +5%
PAT ₹1,419 Cr +2%
EBITDA Margin 26.7% -149bps
Duration
Read Time 1 min read

✓ Verified against BSE filing

Questions answered86%
Questions audited11
Evaded / deflected0
Numbers vs filingContradicted
Claim Ledger

Did management answer the analysts?

Every material analyst question, graded on whether management actually answered it — with the verbatim exchange and quantitative claims checked against filed numbers.

Answered High priority

US base business QoQ performance and FY26 outlook

Asked by Amey Chalke, JM Financial

Management gave directional decline and full-year outlook with specifics.

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Question
Is it possible to give some guidance on how it has performed quarter on quarter, whether it has improved or gone down directionally, and how the base business is expected for the FY26 as well for the U.S.?
Erez Israeli, CEO
the base business in the U.S. decreased. It's primarily timing. ... Overall, the base business, the way I see it, is going to be flat to single-digit growth like we normally are discussing.
Answered High priority

Revlimid trajectory for upcoming quarters

Asked by Amey Chalke, JM Financial

Management gave clear quarterly trajectory for Revlimid.

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Question
Going ahead, do you expect some pickup in coming quarters before going down from Q3? Or do you expect the similar trajectory for Revolut Med for upcoming quarters as well?
Erez Israeli, CEO
What you should anticipate is one more quarter, give or take, in the range of what you have today and relatively much less in Q3. After that, some leftover, and that's it.
Answered Medium priority

Semaglutide launch timeline in RoW markets

Asked by Amey Chalke, JM Financial

Management provided specific timeline for RoW launches.

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Question
On semaglutide launches in the RoW non-regulated market. When should we expect that to happen?
Erez Israeli, CEO
the launch in the rest of the countries during calendar 2026. ... The key will be India, Brazil, Turkey, and products like that will be after March of 2026.
Answered High priority

US pipeline: SEMA timeline, high-value launches, PAI inspection

Asked by Neha Manpuria, Bank of America

Management gave specific SEMA approval timeline and clarified base growth excludes major launches.

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Question
One, if you could tell us what timelines we need to watch for SEMA and for Canada particularly. Second, other than that, the single-digit growth that you're talking about, does that include any high-value launches in the second half that we should watch out for?
Erez Israeli, CEO
Gearing to get approval of the product somewhere between the end of October to the beginning of November. ... we did not take into account a very significant, let's say, out-of-the-ordinary launch.
Answered High priority

Gross margin trend and SG&A cost outlook

Asked by Neha Manpuria, Bank of America

Management gave specific margin and SG&A guidance for the year.

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Question
how should we think about gross margins, you know, particularly going into fiscal 2027? ... Is it fair to assume that this is the new range for SG&A cost, the closer to 30% mark that we have reported in this quarter?
Erez Israeli, CEO
As far as gross margin is concerned, I think at least for this year it would be in similar levels. ... As far as SG&A is concerned, I think we, even for the full year basis, it should be in the zone of 28%-29% zone, not at 30%.
Partial answer High priority

Lenalidomide Q2 sales magnitude and pricing pressure

Asked by Damayanti Kiray, HSBC

Management gave directional similarity but no precise figure.

no exact number given
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Question
for 2Q as well, also, you mentioned the label should be similar to what you booked in the June quarter. Or there is still like some room to book higher sales.
Erez Israeli, CEO
overall, let's call it similar magnitude. I will not say the same, but similar magnitude.
Answered Medium priority

Semaglutide capacity expansion at ViaJag and timing

Asked by Damayanti Kiray, HSBC

Management clarified capacity source and gave specific volume number.

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Question
Can you update us on your capacity expansion at ViaJag and when do you expect that capacity to come on board?
Erez Israeli, CEO
The launches that will happen in FY26 and FY27 will not be out of ViaJag. It will be with our partner ... about INR 12 million in FY27.
Answered High priority

Biosimilar abatacept phase 3 trial progress and outcome timeline

Asked by Madhav Marda, Fidelity International

Management gave specific readout date and status.

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Question
if you could just give us an update on the biosimilar abatacept phase three trials, how that is progressing, and by when do we expect outcome for the phase three trial?
Erez Israeli, CEO
So far, so good. The readout is November 25, which is as expected in accordance to the timelines.
Partial answer High priority

Cost-saving potential and R&D spend quantum

Asked by Madhav Marda, Fidelity International

Management gave basis points but not absolute savings; later clarified potential INR 1500-1800 crore but said not to model that.

no absolute rupee amount given
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Question
Could you give us some sense in terms of the extent of cost savings that we can drive? ... what's the quantum of that spending?
Erez Israeli, CEO
there are discretionary costs between R&D, SG&A that can be 500 basis points, 600 basis points that we are planning to adjust.
Partial answer Medium priority

Generic Liraglutide filing status and launch timeline

Asked by Harith Ahmed, Avendus Park

Management gave vague timeline 'next coming quarters' without specifics.

no specific quarter given
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Question
What is the status of our filing and what are the timelines we are looking at?
Erez Israeli, CEO
We are planning to launch it also in the next coming quarters. ... with Saxenda, we are going to be first to market or some of the first to market in some of them.
Answered Medium priority

PSAI gross margin decline reason

Asked by Bino Pathiparampil, Elara Capital

Management explained the accounting reason and said it will correct.

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Question
Why then the gross margin decline from mid-20s to low teens?
Erez Israeli, CEO
the reason for that is some of the demand products for the U.S. are also being back integrated. ... It's actually a very healthy business and it's growing.
Answered Low priority

PLI income for the quarter

Asked by Saion Mukherjee, Nomura

Management clearly stated PLI income is negligible this quarter.

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Question
Can you share the PLI income or the government grant that you generally share for the quarter?
Erez Israeli, CEO
Not for this quarter. For the full year also, is almost, let me put it, I think is very small value is there. Not very big.
Quantitative claims vs filed numbers
ClaimManagement saidFilingVerdict
Origin Pharma Services revenue $17-18 million this quarter 17.5 8,545 Understated vs filing
Origin Pharma Services targeting $100 million sales for full fiscal 100 8,545 Understated vs filing
Origin Pharma Services target $250-300 million by 2030 275 8,545 Understated vs filing
SG&A expected 28%-29% of sales for full year 28.5% 26.7% Overstated vs filing
Base business EBITDA margin north of 25% 25% 26.7% Understated vs filing

Filed figures sourced from Screener.in. Claims within a small tolerance of the filing are marked “matches filing”.