GSK Pharma -
Q3 FY 24 concall highlights -
Revenues - 805 vs 802 cr
EBITDA - 218 vs 229 cr ( margins @ 27 vs 28 pc )
PAT - 46 vs 165 cr ( due an exceptional provision of 163 cr wherein company laid off some employees as a part of its restructuring efforts, hence had to pay for the VRS. Company has laid off 12 pc of its MRs )
Company has a large presence in vaccines and general medicine segments
New focus areas in India - Adult Vaccines
(starting with Shingrix - a vaccine for adults to prevent Shingles) and new Respiratory products
Q3 of LY was a very good Qtr. Hence, the growth this yr looks tepid because of the base effect. Vaccines portfolio grew 10 pc in Q3. Shingrix continues to ramp up well
Company commands 24 pc mkt share in Paediatric vaccines in India in the private - self pay segment
Key brands like - Calpol, T-Bact ( antibacterial ointment ) grew strongly in Q3. Company had to cope up with a minus 8 pc impact on its sales because of the NLEM. Still managed to keep the topline flat
Vaccines form 18 pc of company’s total India business. EBITDA margins are lower in Vaccines as these are imported and the company effectively trades them
Despite severe pricing pressures from NLEM regulations in last 5-6 yrs, company has still improved its EBITDA margins by around 700 BPS over that period
Company is aggressively growing its new and innovative respiratory assets - Trelegy and Nucala ( both for asthma ). These brands are growing at a very healthy rate. Trelegy is big brand for GSK in the international mkts clocking sales > 16000 cr / yr
Company intends to launch new and innovative Onco, Respiratory products in India in next 2-3 yrs. Most of these are big brands in developed Mkts
The layoff of MRs in q3 should aid margins in Q4. MR count now stands at around 2500-2600
Nucala is a monoclonal antibody. Has been showing extremely positive results. Company is adding an avg of 1000 patients/yr. It’s an expensive treatment. Costs aprox 70k / month
Trelegy is also growing very strongly. Treatment with Trelegy also costs > 50k / month
Shingrix is doing a sale of 7-8 k injections / month. It was launched in May last year. Each injection costs > Rs 9k
MR productivity at around 85-90 lakh/ MR
Trials are on for GSK’s global asset Bepirovirsen before it can be launched in India. It’s used to treat chronic Hep-B. It can potentially be a really large molecule
Company’s 40 pc portfolio is under NLEM
Calpol and its brand extensions continues to be No.1 prescribed brand in India
Company has 03 major Oncology brands in the international Mkts. Will introduce them in India at some point in time ( maybe 2-3 yrs )
Disc: hold a small position, biased, not SEBI registered
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