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                                              Overview                           Key highlights, FY 2019-20
                                              For more than six decades, the Company   Phenyramidol offers an attractive and
                                              focused on the manufacture of Specialty   unique proposition of addressing the
                                              APIs and biocatalysts. Apart from Vitamin   therapeutic gap in the muscle relaxant
                                              D3, the Company produces Phenyramidol   segment. Phenyramidol’ s ideal safety
                                              and Silicon Dioxide products as a part of its   profile along with its usage history
                                              pharmaceuticals business.          establishes a strong case of safety of the
                                                                                 molecule.
                                              The Company’s core strength lies in
                                              harnessing cutting-edge technologies   Phenyramidol formulation tablets and
                                              to manufacture quality APIs. Fermenta   injectables are registered as muscle
                                              is respected for its ability to optimise   relaxants in Turkey since 1970, a leader in
                                              synthetic routes for pharmaceutical   this therapeutic segment. The formulation
                                              compounds. During the year under review,   has also been registered in Nigeria for five
                                              the overall consumption remained stable.   years.
                                              Fermenta produced Phenyramidol and   The market for Phenyramidol indicates
                                              Silicon powder based on the contractual   promising opportunities in view of a
                                              customer requirement, which increased   steady rise in the incidence of low back
                                              capacity utilisation.              pain as well as neck and shoulder pain
                                                                                 mainly due to the excessive time spent
                                                                                 on electronic devices and compromised
                                                                                 seating habits. The Company’s business is
                                                                                 optimistic of prospects.





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