Sun Pharma Q3FY26 Preview: Innovative portfolio, India market to drive growth
Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Sun Pharma, India’s largest drugmaker, is set to post its results for the third quarter of the fiscal year on Saturday. While brokerages anticipate steady domestic growth and marginal sequential growth in its US business, driven by its innovative drugs, margins may contract due to increased spending.
Analysts will also be seeking clarity on any potential impact from the US government’s most favoured nation (MFN) pricing norms, as well as the company’s plans after getting regulatory approval to market semaglutide as a weight-loss drug in India earlier this month. Sun Pharma’s overall sales are expected to grow 5% year-on-year, (down 1% sequentially), with US sales declining 4% sequantially to $478 million on account of lower sales of blood cancer drug Revlimid, analysts at Kotak Institutional Equities said in a 6 January note. Sun Pharma is among several Indian drugmakers to have signed an agreement with Revlimid’s innovator, Mylan, to sell the drug in limited quantities from 2022 until its patent expires in January 2026.
Lower Revlimid sales are expected to drag down the earnings of several US-focused drugmakers this quarter as they are expected to offload remaining stocks. However, Sun's innovative drug portfolio may offset the dip. Last quarter its innovative sales outpaced generic sales in the US for the first time.
A pick up in sales of its alopecia areata drug Leqselvi, launched in the US in June 2025, as well as continued growth in other drugs such as Cequa, Winlevi and Odomzo, is expected to boost US formulations and global specialty sales. Sun Pharma is also expected to clock steady domestic growth of 11-13%, according to brokerages Kotak, BNP Paribas and HDFC Securities. This
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