Market analyst Ashwani Gujral is bullish for the day with five BUY Calls for stocks.

ABBOTT India is a good long term investment for Indian investors as per Nirali Shah, SAMCO Research.

Lupin and Aurobindo Pharma have been recommended for hold by research house Prabhudas Lilladher. Target price for Aurobindo Pharma has been suggested Rs 511.

Panacea Biotec has reported lower quarterly loss at Rs 28 crore compared to the same period last year. The company has managed to reduce its losses and increase its sales revenue to Rs 125 crore compared to Rs 99 crore for the same period last year.

The company also informed that it has received United States Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) approval for Oncology Parenteral Formulations.

Talking about the results, Panacea Biotec MD Rajesh Jain said, "The company's remediation measures have now started paying off. The company has registered impressive financial performance during the quarter ended June 30, 2019 with 28 per cent topline growth and earning positive earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) of Rs 26.9 crore."

Geneva - Swiss drugmaker Novartis said Wednesday that 80 to 83 per cent of patients in a year-long clinical trial of its new drug for the treatment of multiple sclerosis had remained relapse-free. The company said the results were in line with its previous studies on the FTY720 oral compound. The data show the relapse rate at one year was
52 per cent lower for those in the trial of the new drug compared with patients using existing medications on the market.

Glenmark Pharmaceuticals announced that it has received tentative approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to sell the generic version of Schering Plough and MSP Singapore Company LLC’s hypercholesterolemia treatment Zetia (ezetimibe) in the United States.

Glenmark, which has got sanction for 10-milligram tablets of the drug, is likely to get 180 days marketing exclusivity for the drug upon patent expiry.

Zetia recorded sales of $1.5 billion during the last year (2008), the drug maker said in a statement.