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Form 6-K DR REDDYS LABORATORIES For: Aug 30

August 30, 2016 9:38 AM EDT

 

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

Form 6-K

 

 

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

PURSUANT TO RULE 13A-16 OR 15D-16

UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

August 2016

Commission File Number 1-15182

 

 

DR. REDDY’S LABORATORIES LIMITED

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

 

 

8-2-337, Road No. 3, Banjara Hills

Hyderabad, Telangana 500 034, India

+91-40-49002900

(Address of principal executive office)

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

Form 20-F  x             Form 40-F  ¨

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Indicate by check mark whether by furnishing the information contained in this Form, the registrant is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

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EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit Number

  

Description of Exhibits

99.1    Press Release, “Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories launches Nitroglycerin sublingual tablets USP in the U.S. Market”, August 29, 2016.


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

   DR. REDDY’S LABORATORIES LIMITED

(Registrant)

Date: August 30, 2016    By:   /s/ Sandeep Poddar                    
     Name:   Sandeep Poddar
     Title:   Company Secretary

Exhibit 99.1

 

LOGO

 

 

 

Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories launches Nitroglycerin sublingual tablets USP in the U.S.

Market

Hyderabad, India, August 29, 2016

 

  

For Immediate Release

 

 

Hyderabad, India and Princeton, NJ, USA, August 29, 2016: Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BSE: 500124, NSE: DRREDDY, NYSE: RDY) announced today that it has launched Nitroglycerin sublingual tablets USP, 0.3 mg, 0.4 mg and 0.6 mg, a therapeutic equivalent generic version of Nitrostat® (Nitroglycerin) sublingual tablets in the US market on August 26, 2016, having been approved by the United States Food & Drug Administration (USFDA).

 

The Nitrostat® (Nitroglycerin) sublingual tablet brand had U.S. sales of approximately $ 108 Million MAT for the most recent twelve months ending in March 2016 according to IMS Health*.

 

Dr. Reddy’s Nitroglycerin sublingual tablets USP, 0.4 mg is available in bottle count size of 100 and a bundle of 4 bottles of count size 25, Nitroglycerin sublingual tablets USP, 0.3 mg is available in bottle count size of 100 and the Nitroglycerin sublingual tablets USP, 0.6 mg is available in bottle count size of 100.

 

About Dr. Reddy’s: Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd. (BSE: 500124, NSE: DRREDDY, NYSE: RDY) is an integrated pharmaceutical company, committed to providing affordable and innovative medicines for healthier lives. Through its three businesses – Pharmaceutical Services & Active Ingredients, Global Generics and Proprietary Products – Dr. Reddy’s offers a portfolio of products and services including APIs, custom pharmaceutical services, generics, biosimilars and differentiated formulations. Our major therapeutic areas of focus are gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, diabetology, oncology, pain management and dermatology. Dr. Reddy’s operates in markets across the globe. Our major markets include – USA, India, Russia & CIS countries, and Europe. For more information, log on to: www.drreddys.com

 

Disclaimer: This press release may include statements of future expectations and other forward-looking statements that are based on the management’s current views and assumptions and involve known or unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results, performance or events to differ materially from those expressed or implied in such statements. In addition to statements which are forward-looking by reason of context, the words “may”, “will”, “should”, “expects”, “plans”, “intends”, “anticipates”, “believes”, “estimates”, “predicts”, “potential”, or “continue” and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements. Actual results, performance or events may differ materially from those in such statements due to without limitation, (i) general economic conditions such as performance of financial markets, credit defaults , currency exchange rates , interest rates , persistency levels and frequency / severity of insured loss events (ii) mortality and morbidity levels and trends, (iii) changing levels of competition and general competitive factors, (iv) changes in laws and regulations and in the policies of central banks and/or governments, (v) the impact of acquisitions or reorganization , including related integration issues.

 

The company assumes no obligation to update any information contained herein.

 

Nitrostat® is a registered trademark of its respective owner.

 

*IMS National Sales Perspective: Retail and Non-Retail MAT March 2016

 

RDY-0516-126

 



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