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Strides Injectables Re-Entry Shifts Into High Gear

Corporate Reset Delivers A Strong Second Quarter

 
• By Penelope MacRae

Strides Pharma Science, which has reported a strong second-quarter performance, said its reborn injectables business will “be full-blown” in several markets by December thanks to the expiry of a non-compete agreement with Mylan.

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Strides’ injectables plans are shifting into a higher gear • Source: Shutterstock

Strides Pharma Science’s reborn injectables business will be going strong in several markets by the end of 2019, founder and managing director Arun Kumar has told analysts, adding that the company’s robust second-quarter earnings performance – in which earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization rocketed 210% year-on-year – has shown that being a corporate “contrarian” pays off.

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