Dr Reddy’s Q1FY27 revenue drops 5.6% to ₹8,071 crore after semaglutide API provision

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Dr Reddy's Q1FY27 results showed a revenue miss and sharp gross-margin compression, driven by a semaglutide API provision, weaker lenalidomide sales, and higher solvent costs linked to Middle East disruptions. While underlying geographies grew and net cash remains positive, the print highlights ongoing profitability pressure across Indian generics from API quality/supply-chain risks, patent-cycle volatility, and geopolitically driven input-cost inflation.
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Dr Reddy’s reported Q1FY27 revenue of ₹8,071 crore, down 5.6% year on year and below market expectations. Gross margin fell 1,039 basis points to 46.5%, driven by a semaglutide API-related provision, weaker lenalidomide sales and higher solvent costs linked to the Middle East conflict. Research and development spending declined 8% from a year earlier. The results add to concerns over margin pressure across India’s generics makers amid API supply-chain and geopolitics-driven cost headwinds.