Kamil Hamied, son of Cipla’s outgoing vice-chair M K Hamied, is set to re-join the company as non-executive director, following his "entrepreneurial journey." Does it signal a shift in the promoter group’s immediate considerations amid past stake sale speculation or mark routine top-level executive changes?

Kamil Hamied, son of Cipla’s outgoing vice-chair M K Hamied, is set to re-join the company as non-executive director, following his "entrepreneurial journey." Does it signal a shift in the promoter group’s immediate considerations amid past stake sale speculation or mark routine top-level executive changes?

A licensing deal for Leqvio (inclisiran) is all in a day’s work for Mankind which also recently acquired Bharat Serums and Vaccines at a valuation investors were initially not entirely pleased with. As the youngest company in the top five of the domestic pharma market sets a 5X revenue target, what could help it get there and what’s to watch out for?

Zydus has begun Phase I trials for an anti-properdin drug in India while its sitagliptin franchise in US, distinct from Merck’s Januvia and Janumet, looks promising. Meanwhile MD Sharvil Patel says a biosimilars entry in developed markets is possible if certain conditions are met.