LAURUSLABS
Laurus Labs reported mixed performance in Q1 FY20 with total revenues growing 2% YoY to INR 5,506 mn. The ARV segment saw a decline due to lower efavirenz uptake and lamivudine approval delays, while the FDF business showed strong growth driven by LMIC orders. Management highlighted strategic partnerships, new product launches, and expansion into high-growth markets as key drivers for future growth.
Key financials
| Total Revenues from Operations (Net) | ₹551 crore | Q1 FY20 vs Q1 FY19 |
Segment commentary
ARV Segment
Revenue stood at INR 2,718 mn due to lower efavirenz uptake and lamivudine approval delays.
FDF Business
Recorded significant sales of INR 1,060 mn, driven by LMIC business worth INR 798 mn.
Guidance & outlook
- Expecting similar-sized business opportunities in coming quarters for FDF.
- Focus on executing large orders and expanding into high-growth markets.
Key takeaways
- Mixed Q1 FY20 results with revenue growth driven by FDF despite ARV challenges.
- Strategic focus on high-growth markets and new product launches for future expansion.
- Risks include regulatory delays and global supply chain disruptions in API sector.
Risks flagged
- Approval delays impacting ARV sales.
- Global supply disruptions in API markets.
In their words
“Our FDF business is geared up for higher growth with extensive manufacturing capabilities and a strong order book.”— Chandrakanth Chereddi





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Laurus Labs Limited
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LAURUS Labs
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Mumbai - 400001 Mumbai-400 051
Code: 540222 Code: LAURUSLABS
Dear Sirs,
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We enclose herewith the presentation to the Investors/Analysts on the Unaudited Financial
Results of the Company for the Quarter ended June 30, 2019, for the Investors/Analysts call
scheduled on August 05, 2019, which was already intimated on July 30, 2019.
The presentation is also being uploaded on the website of the Company www.lauruslabs.com.
Please take the information on record.
Thanking you,
Yours sincerely,
For Lam·us Labs Limited
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LAURUS Generics LAURUS Ingredients LAURUS Synthesis
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Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients & Intermediates Specialty Ingredients for Nutraceutical & Allied Industry Contract Development & Manufacturing Services
LAURUS LABS LIMITED
Q1 FY20
INVESTOR PRESENTATION
August 2, 2019
BSE: 540222
NSE : LAURUSLABS
Disclaimer
This presentation contains statements that constitute “forward looking statements” including and without
limitation, statements relating to the implementation of strategic initiatives, and other statements relating to
our future business developments and economic performance. While these forward looking statements
represent our judgment and future expectations concerning the development of our business, such statements
reflect various assumptions concerning future developments and a number of risks, uncertainties and other
important factors that could cause actual developments and results to differ materially from our expectations.
These factors include, but are not limited to, general market, macro-economic, governmental and regulatory
trends, movements in currency exchange and interest rates, competitive pressures, technological
developments, changes in the financial conditions of third parties dealing with us, regulatory and legislative
developments which could adversely affect our business and financial performance.
Laurus Labs undertakes no obligation to publicly revise any forward looking statements to reflect future events
or circumstances.
No part of this presentation may be reproduced, quoted or circulated without prior written approval from
Laurus Labs Limited.
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Business Snapshot
Overview
• Development, manufacture and sale • Developing and manufacturing • Contract development and • Sale and manufacture of
of APIs and Advanced Intermediates oral solid formulations for LMIC, manufacturing services for specialty ingredients for use in
• Leadership in various High Value and North America & EU Markets. global pharmaceutical nutraceuticals, dietary
Volume APIs with sizeable Global • Backed by in house API strengths companies and several late supplements and cosmeceutical
Market share. stage projects executed products
• High potent manufacturing capability • Steroids and Hormone • Natural extraction capability
in two manufacturing units. manufacturing capability
Product and • Anti-retroviral (ARV) • ARVs • Commercial scale contract • Nutraceuticals, dietary
Service manufacturing supplements and cosmoceutical
• Anti-diabetic • Anti-diabetic
Offerings products
• Clinical phase supplies
• CVS • CVS
• Analytical and research
• PPIs • PPIs
services
• Oncology
• CNS
• Hepatitis C
Filings • Commercialized 50+ products • Filed 20 ANDAs with USFDA and • Commenced commercial • Digoxin API validation
5 approved out of 20. In addition supplies from Unit 5 completed
• 57 DMFs filed
completed 4 products validation
• 6 in Canada, 6 in Europe, 8 with
WHO, 2 in South Africa, 2 in India
& 112 in ROW.
Infrastructure • 4 Manufacturing facilities, (3,250 KL) • 5 bn Units / year capacity. • Dedicated manufacturing • Set up a dedicated block in Unit
(1) (2) (Unit – 5) Capacity (125 KL) 4 for global partner , C2 Pharma
for Aspen. • Manufacturing facilities(2)
(1) Includes ingredients products excluding Unit 2 API & Kilo lab (2) APIs , Ingredients and Synthesis (other than Aspen supplies) 3
capacity are manufacturing at Unit 1,3 ,4 & 6
Growth Verticals – Diversified Pharma Company
• Leveraging API Cost Advantage for Forward Integration
• Targeting various high growth markets like LMIC, US, Canada, & Europe
Formulations
• Therapeutic Focus Areas remains on key segments of ARV, CVS, CNS, PPI &
Anti Diabetic
• Focus on supply of key starting materials and intermediates for new chemical
entities
Synthesis
• Completed several projects in various stages from pre clinical to commercial
with development & Manufacturing.
• Working with Large Global Innovator Pharmaceutical Companies
• Working with 9 of the top 10 Large Global Generic Pharma Companies
• ARV - Incremental HIV patients added to patient pool will support future
Generic APIs
revenue growth. Expanding in second line treatment will also add to growth.
• Most of the key First Line APIs are fully Backward Integrated
• Commenced commercial supplies for Lamivudine.
• Oncology - Leadership in select Onco APIs, new products added to support
commercial launches on patent expiry. Backward integration is progress for a
key API.
• Other APIs- Strong opportunity in Other API space on account of diversified
products in Anti Diabetic, CVS, CNS & PPIs.
• Ingredients - Leverage process chemistry skills to strengthen presence in
nutraceutical and cosmeceutical sectors as they adopt quality standards at par
with pharma industry
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Formulations Strategy – Emerging Markets
Growth Levers
• ARV Tender business from LMIC remains the forefront of our Formulations
Strategy.
Overview
• Formulation Filings are deeply Integrated giving further cost advantage
compared to peers
Participation via – Global Fund tenders, PEPFAR Tender, WHO Tender, Various
LMIC Markets
African In-Country Tenders
• ~$ 2 Billion in Generic Accessible Markets
Addressable Market Size
• ~$1.5 Billion First Line Market
LONG TERM SUSTAINABLE GROWTH OPPORTUNITY
• Strategic Partnership with Global Fund providing access to major tenders
• Actively Participating in In-Country Tenders
• In Q1 FY20 executed a milestone order worth INR 798 mn for LMIC
• Focused on executing such large sized opportunities in coming quarters
• Cumulatively filings are 100+ in various RoW markets
CURRENT PRODUCT PORTFOLIO & APPROVALS
• Filed 4 Triple Combination products – DTL, TLE , TLE & TEE
600 400
• Approvals
• DLT Approved in Feb 2019
• DTG & TDF Singles Approved
• Key Pending Approvals – TLE , TLE & TEE.
600 400
• Expecting all the approvals in FY 20
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Formulations Strategy – Developed Markets
Current Filings Status
Current Approval Status
Therapy US ANDA Europe Canada
Therapy US ANDA Europe Canada
ARV 12 4 3
Final Approval 5 4 2
Anti- Diabetic 3 1 1
Tentative
CVS 1 - -
Approval 3 - -
CNS 1 1 1
Total 8 4 2
Others 3 - 1
Total 20 6 6
US MARKET
• Cumulatively filed 20 ANDAs
• Launched Pregabalin in July 2019
• The filings include 2 Para IV and 7 FTFs opportunities worth over Billions of Dollars in Annual sales
• Almost all the products filed and under development will be marketed by Laurus
• Few products filed and under development will be marketed via DRL & Rising Pharma under partnership route
• Continue to file around 8-10 ANDAs annually
EUROPE MARKET
• Cumulatively Filed 6 products in EU Markets.
• Entered into a long term partnership with a leading generic player in EU region for Contract Manufacturing Opportunities.
• Few products marketed using own front end
• Have a strong order book for FY20
CANADA MARKET
• Cumulatively Filed 4 products, in partnership with Local Canadian Companies for distribution of products
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Formulations Business – Geared up for Higher Growth
Extensive Manufacturing capabilities across markets
FDF Revenue Split
with commitment to maintain highest quality
13%
standards – “One Quality Standard for All Markets”
Current FDF Manufacturing Capacity - 5 bn
tab/caps with total Capex investment of ~INR 12%
4,325 mn
FDF Opex of INR 429 mn which includes INR 163 mn
related to the R&D
Executed a significant order in LMIC in Q1 FY20
worth INR 798 mn showcasing our manufacturing
75%
strength and execution ability
Expecting similar sized business opportunity in
LMIC North America Europe
coming quarters of FY20
4 product validation completed for formulation
apart from filling of 20 ANDAs /NDAs
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Synthesis (CDMO) Business Strategy
2,552
1,541
1,075
761
590
FY 16 FY 17 FY 18 FY19 Q1 FY20
Synthesis Revenue (INR Mn)
OVERVIEW
• State-of-the-art cGMP facilities to manufacture NCEs
• Integrate projects across platforms as the molecule develops from Pre Clinical to Clinical stages
• Working with Global Innovator Companies
• Current Clientele includes partner Companies from Large Global Innovator Pharma Companies
GROWTH POTENTIAL
• Commencement of commercial supplies from Unit 5 to ASPEN – Sizeable revenue expected in FY 20 from ASPEN
• 2 Projects from CDMO business are commercialized
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Generic APIs Strategy
• Oncology - Growth in the segment will be led by new launches, targeting 1-2 new launches/ year
• Strengthening Global Leadership in current products
• Other API - Huge growth opportunity on offer with global supply disruptions in the market
• Focusing on key therapeutic segments like Anti Diabetic, PPIs, & CNS
• Products commercialized for Contract Manufacturing opportunities with an EU Customer
• ARV API - Growth in ARV APIs will be driven by
• New patients addition
• Introduction of new Second Line products
• Maintaining Leadership in the existing product portfolio
• Launched new First Line Products – Lamivudine & Dolutegravir
• Entry into high value developed markets
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Manufacturing Facilities at Parawada, Vizag
Unit-I
• Located at Jawaharlal Nehru Pharma City, Vishakhapatnam, India.
• API manufacturing facility and includes capacity for ingredients, synthesis and contract
manufacturing.
• Commenced operations in 2007.
• 317 reactors with 1,177 Kilo Liters capacity.
• Received approvals from US FDA, WHO-Geneva, NIP – Hungary, KFDA, COFEPRIS & PMDA.
Unit-III
• Located at Jawaharlal Nehru Pharma City, Vishakhapatnam, India.
• API manufacturing facility and includes capacity for ingredients, synthesis and contract
manufacturing.
• Commenced operations in 2015.
• 230 reactors with 1,727 Kilo Litres capacity.
• Received approvals from USFDA, WHO – Geneva, & NIP – Hungary .
Unit-V
• Located at Jawaharlal Nehru Pharma City, Vishakhapatnam, India. (SEZ)
• A dedicated Hormone and Steroid facility for Aspen
• Commenced operations in 2017.
• 46 reactors with 125 Kilo Litres capacity .
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Manufacturing Facilities at Achutapuram, Vizag
Unit-II
• Located at APIIC, Achutapuram, Visakhapatnam, India. (SEZ)
• FDF and API manufacturing facility
• Commenced operations in 2017.
• FDF - capacity of 5 bn tablets/capsules per year.
• API block with 12 reactors with 83 Kilo Liters capacity.
• Received approvals from BVG Hamburg Germany, USFDA, WHO – Geneva, JAZMP –
Slovenia and various African Countries
Unit-IV
• Located at APIIC, Achutapuram, Visakhapatnam, India. (SEZ)
• API manufacturing facility and includes capacity for ingredients, synthesis and
contract manufacturing.
• Commercial operations in 2018
• 32 reactors with 85 Kilo Liters capacity
• Received approval from COFEPRIS – Mexico, USFDA audit completed with zero
observations.
Unit-VI
• Located at APIIC, Achutapuram, Visakhapatnam, India.
• API manufacturing facility.
• Commercial operations in 2018
• 45 reactors with 261 Kilo Liters capacity.
• Received approval from USFDA
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Strong R&D Capabilities
1,659
R&D Centre - Hyd
1,338
1,135
853
7.4%
7.1%
5.6% 418
4.8%
7.6%
FY16 FY17 FY18 FY 19 Q1 FY 20
R&D Spend % of Revenue
50+ 57 244 86 20 750+ 54
Products Filed Patents Patents ANDAs/ NDAs Scientists PhDs
commercialized DMFs filed granted
since inception
• R & D spent includes OPEX, CAPEX (Excluding depreciation) and RMC of FDF validation batches.
• FY 17 & FY19 numbers are high due to additional CAPEX of INR 248 mn in FY19 and initial FDF validation batches.
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Quality Focus & Regulatory Audits
Laurus’ Philosophy
“One Quality
Standard for all
markets”
Regular Inspection at different
manufacturing units
2019 USFDA
We maintain consistent quality, efficiency and product 2018 USFDA, JAZMP - Slovenia
safety.
2017 WHO, USFDA, EU (Germany)
We have adopted uniform manufacturing standards across 2016 USFDA
all facilities to achieve standardized quality for all markets.
2015 WHO, USFDA, EU (Germany)
Good manufacturing practices across all the manufacturing
2014 WHO, USFDA, CDSCO
facilities, encompassing all areas of business processes
right from supply chain to product delivery. 2013 WHO
2012 USFDA
2011 KFDA, USFDA, WHO
2010 MHRA
2009 TGA, USFDA 17
Drivers of Revenue – Division wise revenue breakup
Total Revenues grown by 2% for the quarter (Y-o-Y) 1% 4% 2%
4% 3% 3%
Generic API 10% 19% 11 %
15%
4%
• ARV Segment revenue stood at INR 2,718 mn due to 3% 8%
8%
lower off take of Efavirenz, post adoption of TLD based 4% 10% 11% 10%
combination and also because of slower pick up in
8% 5%
Lamivudine due to approval delays. 11%
8%
• HEP-C business registered sales of INR 112 mn in quarter. 7% 2%
• Oncology business revenue stood at INR 450 mn.
• Other API sales stood at INR 417 mn. The growth has 69%
61%
been led by improved volumes & new product
50% 49%
introduction.
Synthesis Business continues to report robust revenue at INR
590 mn. Sales from Unit 5 have increased along with improved
contribution from CMO business.
Q1 FY19 Q4 FY19 Q1 FY20 FY19
Ingredients revenue stood at INR 159 mn
ARV HEP-C Oncology Other API Synthesis Ingredients FDF
Generic FDF business recorded significant sales of INR 1,060mn.
• The growth had been led by INR 798 mn sales coming Segments (INR mn) Q1 FY19 Q4 FY19 Q1 FY20 FY 19 Growth
Q1 (Y-o-Y)
from LMIC business, Expecting similar business
ARV 3,710 3,153 2,718 13,947 -27%
opportunity in coming quarters
HEP-C 241 415 112 1,197 -54%
• Sales from North America region also showed better pick Oncology 440 708 450 2,182 2%
up Other API 217 651 417 1,890 92%
Synthesis 541 940 590 2,552 9%
• Contract Manufacturing revenues from EU region also
Ingredients 190 203 159 606 -16%
contributed in Q1 FY20
Generics FDF 51 282 1,060 545 1978%
Total Revenue 5,390 6,352 5,506 22,919 2%
Note: Consolidated financials as per Ind-AS
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Performance Highlights - Abridged Profit & Loss statement
Growth % Growth %
Particulars (Rs. mn) Q1 FY20 Q1 FY19 (Q1 FY20 Vs. Q4 FY19 (Q1 FY20 Vs.
Q1 FY 19) Q4 FY19)
5,506 5,390 2.2% 6,352 -13.3%
Total Revenues from Operations (Net)
5,357 5,190 5,842
Total Expenditure
870 825 5.5% 1,134 -23.3%
EBITDA
Margins 15.8% 15.3% 17.9%
PBT 194 226 -14.2% 526 -63.1%
Margins 3.5% 4.2% 8.3%
PAT 151 166 -9.0% 432 -65.0%
Margins 2.7% 3.1% 6.8%
1.4 1.6 -12.5% 4.1 -65.9%
EPS (Diluted)
(Not annualised) (Not annualised) (Not annualised)
Operating expenses increased due to increase in production volume to take care of ramp up in sale from Q2
onwards.
Increase in Insurance expenses due to exorbitant increase by 10 times due to reinsurance premium.
Note: Consolidated financials as per Ind-AS 20
Snapshot of Return Ratios
Pre Tax Return on Capital Return on Equity(2) (%) Total Debt/Equity Ratio (x)
Employed(1) (%)
16.5% 16.5% 17.0% 17.4% 1.2x
1.1x
14.5%
13.7%
12.7%
11.9%
0.8x
0.7x 0.7x
8.2% 0.6x
6.1% 6.2%
3.9%
FY15 FY16 FY17 FY 18 FY 19 FY 20 FY15 FY16 FY17 FY 18 FY 19 FY 20 FY15 FY16 FY17 FY 18 FY 19 FY 20
Q1 Q1 Q1
Significant investments in FDF, Unit 4
and Unit 6.
Note: Based on consolidated financials as per Ind AS
(1) Pre-tax RoCE is calculated as EBIT/Average Capital Employed. Capital employed is defined as Net Worth + Long Term and Short Term Borrowings + Current Portion of Long Term Borrowing - Cash
(2) RoE is calculated as PAT/Average Net Worth
FY 20 Q1 ratios are calculated based on Q1 annualised numbers.
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Key Milestones
• Investment of INR
3000 mn by
• Investment of INR Warburg Pincus • Crossed INR 20 billion of revenue
600 mn by FIL • Incorporated First • Commenced commercial operations
• Set up the R&D Capital Subsidiary in USA. • Successfully listed on BSE &NSE from Unit 4
Centre at IKP, Management and • Forged partnership • Filed first ANDA for US market • Incorporated a subsidiary in Germany
Knowledge Park, Promoters. with ASPEN for • Acquired 100% stake • Commenced FDF supplies.
Hyderabad CRAMS in Sriam Labs Pvt Ltd.
• Commenced commercial • Crossed INR 10 billion • Commenced commercial • Commenced commercial • Entered into Strategic
operations at Unit 1 of revenues operations at Unit 3, operations at Unit 2 partnership with Global
• Forged partnership with • Commenced commercial Fund for 3.5 years.
NATCO supplies from Unit 5 for Aspen • Executed a major
• Incorporated subsidiaries in tender order and
UK & USA delivered ahead of
schedule
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Management Team
Mr. Tom Versosky
Mr. Chandrakanth Chereddi President FDF
North America
ED & Head, Generics FDF
& Strategy
Dr. Prafulla Kumar Nandi
SVP, Global Regulatory Affairs
Mr. Ravi kumar V V Mr. G Venkateshwar Reddy (Formulations)
ED &CFO CS and Sr. GM – Legal & Secretarial
Dr. Satyanarayana Chava
Founder & CEO
Mr. Sumeet Sobti
VP – SCM
Dr. V Uma Maheswer Rao
Mr. C. Krishna Chaitanya
Exec. VP & Head, Chemical R&D
Head, Synthesis & Ingredients
Mr. Srinivasa Rao S
Exec. VP – Operations
Mr. Martyn Peck
Dr. Lakshmana Rao C V
SVP – Business Development, Generics - API
ED & Head, Quality
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Corporate Governance
Executive Directors
Name Background
Dr Satyanarayana Chava Whole-time Director, Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Ravi Kumar V V Whole-time Director and CFO
Chandrakanth Chereddi Whole-time Director and Head of Generic FDF and Strategy
Dr Lakshmana Rao C V Whole-time Director and Head, Quality
Non-Executive Directors
Name Background
Dr. M. Venu Gopala Rao Non Executive Chairman and Independent Director
Narendra Ostawal Managing Director of Warburg Pincus India Private Limited
Aruna Rajendra Bhinge Independent Director; Former Head of Food Security Agenda, APAC at Syngenta India Limited
Dr. Rajesh Koshy Chandy Independent Director; Professor of Marketing at the London Business School
Ramesh Subrahmanian Independent Director; Founder and Director of Alchemy Advisors
Independent Director and Founder-Member and Treasurer of ELSA of Asia in Singapore and
Dr. Ravindranath Kancherla
Chairman of Global Hospitals
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Ownership Structure
Corporate Structure
Laurus Labs Limited
India
Laurus Synthesis Laurus Holdings All are 100%
Sriam Labs Pvt Ltd.
Inc. Ltd. Subsidiaries
India
USA UK
Laurus Generics
Laurus Generics Inc.
GmbH.
USA
Germany
Shareholding pattern *
32.8% 5.1% 12.4% 1.3% 0.03% 19.72% 5.75% 22.6%
Promoter Financial Non-
Foreign
and Mutual Alternate Institutions/ Warburg FIL Capital Institutions
Portfolio
Promoter Fund Inv Funds Banks / Ins Pincus Management (Individuals +
Investors Cos Others)
Group
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* As of 30st June2019
Results Conference Call
Results conference call on Monday August 05, 2019 at 11:00 AM IST
Details of the conference call are as follows:
Timing 11:00 AM IST on Monday, August 05, 2019
Conference dial-in
Universal Dial-In +91 22 6280 1214
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India Local access Number
Available all over India
Singapore + 6531575746
Hong Kong + 85230186877
USA + 13233868721
UK + 442034785524
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Contact us
About Laurus Labs Ltd.
Laurus Labs is a leading research & development driven and fully integrated pharmaceutical
company in India. The Company has grown consistently to become one of the leading
manufacturers of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs) for anti-retroviral (ARV) and Hepatitis C.
Laurus also manufactures APIs in Oncology and other therapeutic areas. Its strategic and early
investments in R&D and manufacturing infrastructure have enabled it to become one of the
leading suppliers of APIs in the ARV therapeutic area. The company has also ventured into
develop a Finished Dosages Forms on the back of existing strengths in APIs with a current capacity
of 5 billion units per year, expandable up to 8 billion units per year. The Company is also driving
growth opportunities in the Synthesis and Ingredients businesses.
Corporate Identification No: L24239AP2005PLC047518.
For more information about us, please visit www.lauruslabs.com or contact:
Monish Shah Pavan Kumar N
Tel: +91 040 3980 4366 Tel: +91 040 3980 4380
Email: investorrelations@lauruslabs.com Email: mediarelations@lauruslabs.com
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