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Biocon: History
Biocon: History
Biopharmaceutical Company
Biocon Ltd manufactures biotechnological products catering to the healthcare segment. The
company is engaged in all phases of the product cycle from discovering to development &
then commercializing the same drugs. They use fermentation-based technology, creating cost
effective drugs. Biocon produces anti diabetic agents like Acarbose, Pioglitazone,
Repaglinides & Rosiglitazone. In the biological segment they produce Insulin, Erythropoietin
(EPO), Filgrastim (GCSF), Streptokinase & Monoclonal Antibodies. The company also
produces & markets a mix of specialty & industrial enzymes for industries like paper,
brewing, beverages, food, brewing, textiles & distilling. The company’s drug portfolio
consists of lovastatin, simvastatin, pravastatin and atorvastatin.
HISTORY
Biocon was founded in 1978 with ₹10,000 (US$140) as the initial capital.
Biocon's first product to go to market was papain, an enzyme found in papaya which is used
to prevent beer from turning hazy. Until 1983, the company blended enzymes and supplied
them to brewing, textiles, biofuels, animal feed and other such industries across the world.
SWOT ANALYSIS
STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES
Rising net cash flow and cash flow from Decline in Quarterly Net profit
operating activity
Company with low debt Companies with growing costs YoY for
long term projects
Strong cash generating ability from core Declining Operating profit margin and net
business- improving cash flow from profits YoY
operation for last 2 years
FII/FPI or Institutions increasing their Declining profits every quarter for the past
shareholding 2 quarters
OPPORTUNITIES THREATS
She has scripted a hugely successful entrepreneurial story by building Biocon, an innovation-
led global biopharmaceuticals enterprise, which has made outstanding contributions to life
sciences and research drawing global respect for India.
Ms Mazumdar-Shaw has received several coveted awards, honours and titles, both national
and international, in recognition of her inspiring achievements.
National Honours:
2. Mr.Siddharth Mittal
Mr. Siddharth Mittal is the Managing Director & CEO of Biocon Limited. He had
joined Biocon in May 2013 and served as President - Finance & Chief Financial
Officer between August 2014 & November 2019.
He has over 20 years of global and diversified experience in the field of strategic
finance and accounting, mergers and acquisitions, taxation and general management.
Mr. Mittal started his career with the audit division of S.R. Batliboi & Co. (Indian arm
of Ernst & Young) based out of Bengaluru. He then worked with the US subsidiary of
Xchanging Plc, a London-based, FTSE-listed company specialising in business
processing, technology and procurement services. There, he held senior leadership
positions in finance, including Finance Director of BPO and IT US divisions.
3. Dr.Christiane Hamacher
She is an accomplished international C-suite executive with a passion for setting the
corporate vision, defining and implementing future-driven strategy and growing
businesses through entrepreneurial innovation and patient-centricity. She has robust
experience in steering complex, global matrix organizations, quickly building strong,
trusting relationships to enable achievement of top-level results.
4. Mr. Amitava Saha
Mr. Saha has nearly two decades of experience in Human Resource (HR) management with
companies like Firstsource Solutions, Mashreq Bank, Accenture and Infosys.
At Infosys, Mr Saha handled various talent acquisition responsibilities before managing
human resources for the company’s global sales force. He was also responsible for setting up
the recruitment practice for Accenture BPO’s voice business in India before moving to Dubai
with Mashreq Bank, where he managed their HR function. Prior to joining Biocon in 2013,
Mr. Saha was heading Talent Acquisition and HR for Firstsource Solutions’ APAC business.
Over the years, they have systematically leveraged the technology platforms from enzymes to
small molecules to recombinant proteins and antibodies. Through partnerships and alliances,
Biocon has strategically moved up the value chain from supplying pharmaceutical bulk
actives to developing proprietary molecules and our own branded formulations.
In the areas of custom and clinical research services, collaborative partnerships with
complementary biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies are yielding rich results. They
believe these partnerships will positively impact any and all phases of our discovery
portfolio.
Differentiation and a high degree of innovation distinguish all our products and services.
Combined with India’s value advantage, they enable us to develop and deliver novel and
affordable therapeutics for global unmet medical needs.
BIOCON BILOGICS
An independent entity, with its own dedicated management, Biocon Biologics consolidates
the development, manufacturing and commercialization operations of Biocon’s biosimilars
business.
Biocon Biologics is engaged in developing high quality, affordable biosimilars that can
expand access to a cutting-edge class of therapies to patients globally. It is the only fully
integrated pure play biosimilars organization in the world. The company aspires to transform
patient lives through innovative and inclusive healthcare solutions. It has one of the largest
global biosimilars portfolios, spanning recombinant human Insulin (rh-Insulin), insulin
analogs, monoclonal antibodies and other recombinant proteins for diabetes, cancer,
autoimmune conditions and other life-threatening diseases. The company has multiple
commercial-scale manufacturing platforms with capacities to support a global play.
The Company has over the years benefited the lives of millions of patients and built
credibility globally as a strong biosimilars player. Its scientific know-how, technological
expertise and global scale manufacturing capabilities have positioned it ahead of the curve in
the realm of biosimilars. Today, it has a large portfolio of biosimilars under global clinical
development with three of these commercialized in at least one of the developed markets of
EU, U.S. and Japan.
NOVEL BIOLOGICS
Biocon has pushed scientific boundaries and created new knowledge that is breakthrough in
its impact to human existence through novel biologics and novel targets in the area of large
molecules.
The Novel Biologics portfolio has both in-house as well as partnered and in-licensed products
targeting diabetes, oncology and immunology. Biocon’s focus on innovation for global
markets continues to be strengthened by directing efforts at increasing depth and emphasis on
our in-house research capabilities – including access to novel IP, therapeutic modalities, in-
vivo and in-vitro models, toxicology studies, early regulatory filings, academic collaborations
etc.
BICARA THERAPEUTICS
BIOPHARMACEUTICALS
Branded Formulations business has been a strong value builder for Biocon. They have built
considerable brand equity with doctors and patients over the years through our affordable and
differentiated portfolio in challenging disease spaces. A combination of products, patients
and physician support programs have enabled us to achieve market leadership in the
therapeutic areas of diabetology, oncology, immunology and critical care.
They are focused on specialty therapy segments to build premium, commanding brands that
stand out as innovative and highly differentiated. The modest performance of the Branded
Formulation business this year was on account of portfolio optimization to restore focus on
key specialty brands having a potential to be a big brand.
PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY IN INDIA
Market Size
Indian pharmaceutical sector is expected to grow to US$ 100 billion and medical device
market expected to grow US$ 25 billion by 2025. Pharmaceuticals exports from India stood
at US$ 19.14 billion in FY19 and US$ 13.69 billion in FY20 (up to January 2020).
Pharmaceutical exports include bulk drugs, intermediates, drug formulations, biologicals,
Ayush & herbal products and surgical.
Indian companies received 304 Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) approvals from
the US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) in 2017 and received a total of 415 product
approvals in 2018 and 73 tentative approvals. The country accounts for around 30 per cent
(by volume) and about 10 per cent (value) in the US$ 70-80 billion US generics market.
India's biotechnology industry comprising biopharmaceuticals, bio-services, bio-agriculture,
bio-industry and bioinformatics is expected grow at an average growth rate of around 30 per
cent a year and reach US$ 100 billion by 2025.
India’s domestic pharmaceutical market turnover reached Rs 1.4 lakh crore (US$ 20.03
billion) in 2019, growing 9.8 per cent year-on-year (in Rs) from Rs 129,015 crore (US$ 18.12
billion) in 2018.
Investments and Recent Developments
The Union Cabinet has given its nod for the amendment of the existing Foreign Direct
Investment (FDI) policy in the pharmaceutical sector in order to allow FDI up to 100 per cent
under the automatic route for manufacturing of medical devices subject to certain conditions.
The drugs and pharmaceuticals sector attracted cumulative FDI inflows worth US$ 16.25
billion between April 2000 and June 2019, according to data released by the Department for
Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT).
Some of the recent developments/investments in the Indian pharmaceutical sector are as
follows:
Government Initiatives
Some of the initiatives taken by the government to promote the pharmaceutical sector in India
are as follows:
1. ERIS LIFE
Eris Lifesciences Pvt Ltd is fastest growing super speciality focused pharmaceutical company
and is engaged in manufacturing, marketing and selling of branded generics across the
country. It mainly focuses on Cardiology, Diabetology, Endocrinology, Gastroenterology,
ENT, Orthopedics, Pediatrics and Gynecology segments and offer world class products
across these therapy segments.
Address: 8th floor, Commerce House IV,beside shell petrol pump, 100 feet road
City: Ahmedabad
State: Gujarat
Pincode : 380015
Email: complianceofficer@erislifesciences.com
Internet: http://www.eris.co.in
MANAGEMENT
NAME DESIGNATION
Amit Indubhushan Bakshi Managing Director
Inderjeet Singh Negi Whole time director
Vijaya Sampath Independent director
Kirit Nanubhai Shelat Independent director
Prashant Gupta Independent director
2. SUNPHARMA ADVANCED
Address: Sun Pharma Advanced Research centre ( SPA, Akota road, Akota)
City: Vadodara
State: Gujarat
Pincode: 390020
Email: secratarial@sparcmail.com
Internet: http://www.sunpharma.in
MANAGEMENT
NAME DESIGNATION
Dilip S Shangvi Chairman and Managing Director
T Rajamannar Non Executive Director
Bhavna Doshi Independent director
Sudhir V Valia Non Executive Director
Ferzaan Engineer Independent director
City: Mumbai
State: Maharashtra
Pincode : 400013
Tel.no: 022-38023083
Email: complianceofficer.ppl@piramal.com
Internet: http://www.piramalphytocare.com
MANAGEMENT
NAME DESIGNATION
Rajesh Laddha Non Executive Director
Gautam Doshi Ind. Non-Executive Director
N L Bhatia Ind. Non-Executive Director
Rashida Najmi Non Executive Woman Director
Vivo Bio Tech Ltd (VBTL) is a contract research company engaged in biotechnology and
pharma drug discovery activities. VBTL provides services ranging from insilico design, wet
lab contract research, preclinical research and clinical studies spanning the entire drug
discovery value chain.The Custom Research Services group at Vivo Bio Tech offers a complete
line of protein services, including gene synthesis, cloning, expression and purification of
recombinant proteins and monoclonal antibodies. In-vitro Services offers solutions for
pharmacologic, toxicological & bioanalytical investigations in drug discovery & development.
Critical investigations like bacterial reverse mutattion assays, chromosomal aberration, and
micronucleus are some of the specialty services offered by the company.
Address: 8-2-672/5&6, 3rd Floor, Ilyas Mohammed Khan Estate,,Road No.1, Banjara Hills,
City: Hyderabad
State: Telangana
Pincode: 500034
Tel.no: 040-23313288
Email: investors@vivobio.com
Internet: http://www.vivobio.com
MANAGEMENT
NAME DESIGNATION
M Kalyan Ram Whole Time Director
Alangudi Sankaranarayanan Director
Sunder Kanaparthy Independent Director
R Hariharan Independent Director
M Vijaya Lakshmi Independent Director
Biocon
INCOME
EXPENSES
Equities and MAR 2020 MAR 2019 MAR 2018 MAR 2017 MAR 2016
Liabilities
Assets
Other Info
Mar
Mar '19 Mar '18 Mar '17 Mar '16
'20
Operating Profit Per Share (Rs) 2.38 6.43 5.30 29.59 20.85
Net Operating Profit Per Share (Rs) 16.57 48.08 40.32 129.40 115.09
Profitability Ratios
Profit Before Interest And Tax Margin(%) 8.58 7.94 7.15 16.42 11.20
TECHNICAL CHART
India supplies affordable and low-cost generic drugs to millions of people around the globe
and operates more than 250 US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and UK Medicine and
Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) approved plants. Furthermore, its active
pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) market is forecasted to attain a revenue of $6 billion by the
end of 2020.
According to a report on the Indian pharmaceutical industry, the source of APIs is a crucial
part of the pharma industry’s strategic plan to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. The majority
of APIs for generic drug manufacturing across the globe are sourced from India, which also
supplies approximately 30 percent of the generic APIs used in the US. However, Indian
manufacturers rely heavily on APIs from China for the production of their medicine
formulations, procuring around 70 percent from China, the top global producer and exporter
of APIs by volume.