Cipla Signals Lanreotide Supply Strain, Eyes First Wave GLP-1 India Entry

Cipla Scion To Shepherd ‘Value Systems, Growth Agenda’

Lanreotide supply challenges could impact Cipla’s US revenues in the coming quarter, while the firm hopes it can seize emerging opportunities in the GLP-I segment in India, where Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly are progressing filings for their blockbuster products.

Supply issues for key peptide asset may slow Cipla's earnings run

Cipla flagged up supply-related strains for its lead peptide asset, lanreotide injection, in the US, with the impact seen spilling into the next quarter, even as the company readies a number of growth levers including a potential entry in the GLP-1 space in India (see side box).

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