Indian drugmakers may suffer profit drop as coronavirus threatens China supplies

Inventory of pharmaceutical ingredients may barely last for two more months

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Most companies such as Sun Pharmaceutical Industries and Cipla are well stocked up with inventory up until the first quarter. © Reuters

MUMBAI (NewsRise) -- The uncontained spread of the new coronavirus poses a fresh threat to the profitability of Indian drug makers, whose inventory of pharmaceutical ingredients may barely last for two more months.

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