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Monday, March 9, 2015

Nepal: Natco Pharma up 4%, launches hepatitis C drug in Nepal

Shares of Natco Pharma gained 4.4 percent intraday on Monday on launching the first generic version of sofosbuvir in Nepal.

Sofosbuvir is a medicine used for chronic hepatitis C infection and sold globally by Gilead Sciences Inc., under its brand Sovaldi.

Natco priced its generic medicine at an MRP of Rs 19,900 for a bottle of 28 tablets in Nepal. "Natco markets generic sofosbuvir under its brand HEPCINAT. Natco hopes to launch HEPCINAT in India soon, subject to approval from the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI)," said the company in its filing to the exchange.

Read more at: http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/buzzing-stocks/natco-pharma4-launches-hepatitis-c-drugnepal_1323547.html?utm_source=ref_article
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