Family-owned drug factories in India eroding US generic prices

Deep discounts offered by new Indian players to gain market share force incumbent players to match them

Published Thu, Aug 31, 2017 · 09:50 PM

    Mumbai

    THE most recent earnings reports across the generic drug industry have read like dispatches from the front lines of a price war.

    This month, the world's largest copycat drugmaker, Israel's Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd, slashed its dividend; US giant Mylan NV lowered its profit target; and India's Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd reported its first quarterly loss in at least 12 years.