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Nimish Maheshwari

Market & Forensics Analyst

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Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Q1 FY27 consolidated revenue reached ₹2,788 crore (+21% YoY), EBITDA ₹638 crore (+50%), and EBITDA margin 22.88%. Management raised FY27 revenue growth guidance to 14–16% and margin guidance to ~23%.</li>
<li>Growth is no longer being carried by the domestic franchise alone. APIs, Europe, Unichem’s US/Brazil/API businesses and ex-tender generics are all contributing, while cost ratios are falling through operating leverage.</li>
<li>The story is shifting from recovery to multi-engine compounding. The next rerating, however, needs proof that Unichem’s improvement is durable and that margins hold despite freight, raw-material and tender-timing volatility.</li>
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Q1 FY27 consolidated revenue reached ₹2,788 crore (+21% YoY), EBITDA ₹638 crore (+50%), and EBITDA margin 22.88%. Management raised FY27 revenue growth guidance to 14–16% and margin guidance to ~23%.
Growth is no longer being carried by the domestic franchise alone. APIs, Europe, Unichem’s US/Brazil/API businesses and ex-tender generics are all contributing, while cost ratios are falling through operating leverage.
The story is shifting from recovery to multi-engine compounding. The next rerating, however, needs proof that Unichem’s improvement is durable and that margins hold despite freight, raw-material and tender-timing volatility.


IPCA Laboratories: Firing on All Cylinders

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements

IPOs and Placements coverage across Asia Pacific

Aequitas Research

We cover all listing across the Asia Pacific along with follow-up placements. As of Dec 2020, our team had covered 539 IPOs with a hit rate of 73.5% and 685 placements with a hit rate of 66.8%.

We combine fundamental bottom-up views with our proprietary quantitative framework to provide a holistic coverage across new listings and placements. Our coverage includes pre-IPO notes before the deal is launched, follow-up analysis once the deal is live and post-listing trading analysis as well.

Event-Driven

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<li>A group of shareholders raised around US$530m in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/mankind-pharma-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36389:1" rel="noopener">Mankind Pharma</a>(MP) IPO in May 2023. The pre-IPO shareholders will be released from their lockup soon.</li>
<li>MP is a pharmaceutical company engaged in developing, manufacturing and marketing a range of pharmaceutical formulations across various acute and chronic therapeutic areas, as well as several consumer healthcare products.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the lock-up dynamics and recent updates.</li>
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A group of shareholders raised around US$530m in Mankind Pharma(MP) IPO in May 2023. The pre-IPO shareholders will be released from their lockup soon.
MP is a pharmaceutical company engaged in developing, manufacturing and marketing a range of pharmaceutical formulations across various acute and chronic therapeutic areas, as well as several consumer healthcare products.
In this note, we will talk about the lock-up dynamics and recent updates.


Mankind Pharma Lock-Up - A US$1.1bn+ Lockup Release

Global Healthcare Analyst

Tina Banerjee

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>Hansoh’s fourth-generation EGFR TKI HS-10504 tablets secured Breakthrough Therapy Designation in China for NSCLC. Junshi Biosciences got 13th indication expansion approval for toripalimab for HER2-expressing locally advanced or metastatic UC.</li>
<li>Daiichi Sankyo secured FDA approval for Enhertu’s two new breast cancer indications. The company’s Datroway got U.S. approval for TNBC. Japan approved NHI price for SanBio’s Akuugo.</li>
<li>Hanmi Pharmaceutical initiated domestic Phase 3 trial to expand indication for efpeglenatide beyond obesity to include the treatment of diabetes. Yuhan Corp signed $140M API supply contract with Gilead Sciences.</li>
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Hansoh’s fourth-generation EGFR TKI HS-10504 tablets secured Breakthrough Therapy Designation in China for NSCLC. Junshi Biosciences got 13th indication expansion approval for toripalimab for HER2-expressing locally advanced or metastatic UC.
Daiichi Sankyo secured FDA approval for Enhertu’s two new breast cancer indications. The company’s Datroway got U.S. approval for TNBC. Japan approved NHI price for SanBio’s Akuugo.
Hanmi Pharmaceutical initiated domestic Phase 3 trial to expand indication for efpeglenatide beyond obesity to include the treatment of diabetes. Yuhan Corp signed $140M API supply contract with Gilead Sciences.


APAC Healthcare Weekly (May 24)– Hansoh, Junshi Bio, Daiichi Sankyo, SanBio, Hanmi Pharm, Yuhan Corp

India Equity Analyst - Fundamental & Thematic, Beat the Street

Sudarshan Bhandari

India Equity Analyst - Fundamental & Thematic

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US Paracetamol prices jumped 24.6% MoM in March 2026, driven by post-Lunar New Year Chinese supply pullback, Indian facility FDA alerts &amp; surging para-aminophenol cost.</li>
<li>Indian API-heavy players like Granules India, Aurobindo, Dr. Reddy's &amp; IPCA face squeeze of input costs &amp; restricted supply of exports, compressing EBITDA when the US pharma tariff threat looms.</li>
<li>Integrated giants like Sun Pharma &amp; Cipla have buffers; pure-play API and formulation players like Granules India are most exposed. This situation is worth tracking closely heading into FY26 earnings.</li>
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US Paracetamol prices jumped 24.6% MoM in March 2026, driven by post-Lunar New Year Chinese supply pullback, Indian facility FDA alerts &amp; surging para-aminophenol cost.
Indian API-heavy players like Granules India, Aurobindo, Dr. Reddy's &amp; IPCA face squeeze of input costs &amp; restricted supply of exports, compressing EBITDA when the US pharma tariff threat looms.
Integrated giants like Sun Pharma &amp; Cipla have buffers; pure-play API and formulation players like Granules India are most exposed. This situation is worth tracking closely heading into FY26 earnings.


Paracetamol’s Supply Crisis: The Tablet Squeezing Indian Pharma Margins

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<ul><li>As per IQVIA, IPM recorded growth for Feb-26 at 11% YoY (vs 12% in Feb-26), unit decline by 0.2% YoY (0.9%% in Feb-26)</li><li>Growth was led by CVS, anti-diabetes, pain, VMN, and oncology segments, while growth in anti-infective and respiratory was below IPM growth</li><li>For Q4FY26, IPM grew 12% YoY and FY26 grew 10% YoY, led by ~2.7% volume, 4.4% price, and 2.8% new products.</li></ul>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

As per IQVIA, IPM recorded growth for Feb-26 at 11% YoY (vs 12% in Feb-26), unit decline by 0.2% YoY (0.9%% in Feb-26)Growth was led by CVS, anti-diabetes, pain, VMN, and oncology segments, while growth in anti-infective and respiratory was below IPM growthFor Q4FY26, IPM grew 12% YoY and FY26 grew 10% YoY, led by ~2.7% volume, 4.4% price, and 2.8% new products.Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Pharmaceuticals: IPM: 11% growth in Mar-26, 10% in FY26

India

IPCA Laboratories Limited is an Indian multinational pharmaceutical company that manufactures and markets over 350 finished-dosage formulations and approximately 80 active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs). The company focuses on therapeutic areas such as pain management, rheumatology, antimalarials, and cardiovascular medicine. It was founded in 1949 and is headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.

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IPCA Laboratories: Firing on All Cylinders

IPCA Lab: India remains strong, exports and APIs have accelerated, Unichem is finally contributing, and operating leverage is lifting margins.

Nimish Maheshwari

Mankind Pharma Lock-Up - A US$1.1bn+ Lockup Release

The two pre-IPO investors have launched a block to sell around US$591m worth of Mankind Pharma shares. Since the lockup on the shares expired not...

Sumeet Singh

APAC Healthcare Weekly (May 24)– Hansoh, Junshi Bio, Daiichi Sankyo, SanBio, Hanmi Pharm, Yuhan Corp

Hansoh’s HS-10504 tablets secured BTD in China. Junshi Bio secured 13th indication approval for toripalimab. Daiichi Sanyo’s Enhertu and Datroway...

Tina Banerjee

Paracetamol’s Supply Crisis: The Tablet Squeezing Indian Pharma Margins

US Paracetamol prices surged 24.6% in March 2026 due to Chinese supply pullback, Indian FDA alerts, and rising costs, impacting Indian API-heavy...

Sudarshan Bhandari

Pharmaceuticals: IPM: 11% growth in Mar-26, 10% in FY26

Growth was led by CVS, anti-diabetes, pain, VMN, and oncology segments, while growth in anti-infective and respiratory was below IPM growth

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IPCA Laboratories: Firing on All Cylinders

IPCA Lab: India remains strong, exports and APIs have accelerated, Unichem is finally contributing, and operating leverage is lifting margins.

Nimish Maheshwari

Mankind Pharma Lock-Up - A US$1.1bn+ Lockup Release

The two pre-IPO investors have launched a block to sell around US$591m worth of Mankind Pharma shares. Since the lockup on the shares expired not...

Sumeet Singh

APAC Healthcare Weekly (May 24)– Hansoh, Junshi Bio, Daiichi Sankyo, SanBio, Hanmi Pharm, Yuhan Corp

Hansoh’s HS-10504 tablets secured BTD in China. Junshi Bio secured 13th indication approval for toripalimab. Daiichi Sanyo’s Enhertu and Datroway...

Tina Banerjee

Paracetamol’s Supply Crisis: The Tablet Squeezing Indian Pharma Margins

​US Paracetamol prices surged 24.6% in March 2026 due to Chinese supply pullback, Indian FDA alerts, and rising costs, impacting Indian API-heavy...

Sudarshan Bhandari

Pharmaceuticals: IPM: 11% growth in Mar-26, 10% in FY26

Growth was led by CVS, anti-diabetes, pain, VMN, and oncology segments, while growth in anti-infective and respiratory was below IPM growth

HDFC Securities

US Paracetamol prices surged 24.6% in March 2026 due to Chinese supply pullback, Indian FDA alerts, and rising costs, impacting Indian API-heavy...