Suven Life Sciences Limited (SUVEN.NS) Earnings Call Transcript & Summary

February 14, 2020

National Stock Exchange of India IN Health Care Life Sciences Tools and Services earnings 86 min

Earnings Call Speaker Segments

Operator

operator
#1

Ladies and gentlemen, good day, and welcome to the Q3 FY '20 Earnings Conference Call for Suven Life Sciences and Suven Pharmaceuticals. [Operator Instructions] Please note that this conference is being recorded. I would now like to hand the conference over to Mr. Rishab Barar from CDR India. Thank you, and over to you, sir.

Rishab Barar;CDR India

attendee
#2

Good day, everyone, and thank you for joining us on this call to discuss the Q3 FY '20 earnings for Suven Life Sciences and Suven Pharmaceuticals. We have with us Mr. Venkat Jasti, the Chairman and Managing Director; Mr. Venkatraman Sunder, Vice President, Corporate Affairs; Mr. Subba Rao, the CFO, Suven Pharmaceuticals; and Mr. Mohan Kumar, CFO, Suven Life Sciences. Before we begin, I would like to mention that some statements made in today's discussion may be forward-looking in nature and may involve risks and uncertainties. Documents relating to the company's performance have been mailed to you earlier. I now request Mr. Jasti to share his perspectives on the performance and outlook. Over to you, sir.

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#3

Thank you, Rishab. And thank you, everyone, for tuning into this new order of Suven Life Sciences and Suven Pharma. As you know, we metamorphosed from the Suven Pharmaceuticals into Suven Life Sciences way back in 2003. Now we have become again -- come back to Suven Pharmaceuticals and Suven Life Sciences in 2 different divisions. And in this thing and -- Suven Life Sciences will have a very short presentation, in the sense, there's only the drug discovery and development. And as you know, it is only the revenue burning segment of the business, which we now have being separated out from the revenue-generating CRAMS business, so that a different client deal can outline with this based on their risk appetite. In the Suven Life Sciences, I will start with -- because the Suven Pharmaceuticals also will be given answers later. Since we do not have any forum since it's not a listed company, we'll be doing this together this time and -- but next time onwards, it is a separate call. Suven Life Sciences, as you know, we have a big disappointment with respect to the SUVN-502, which we thought based on the safety profile, which is very good for the 568 patients, no death based on the drug. But unfortunately, it did not meet the final endpoint for the desired protocol, which we have worked out. The product -- project is not dead, even though we could not monetize it because the results are not good. But the secondary endpoints, some of the endpoints which we are seeing and now we are dissecting the data, has some positive implications, some other indications. We'll be getting this sorted out within next 45 days to 60 days. And then based on that, would like to go to the agency, the FDA, to go for a separate clinical trial -- separate indication. So that is as far as SUVN-502 is concerned. With respect to the 3031, the narcolepsy, that's excessive daytime sleepiness, the trial is a Phase II. Proof-of-concept trial is undergoing, and we have about close to 20% of the patients are enrolled. Originally, we expected the trial will end before the end of the year, but it looks like now, it may be going to be before the end of this fiscal, that is the '21 March time frame of next year. With respect to the third compound, which is 4010, we are now in the stage -- final stages of finalizing the indications for which we need to go for the clinical trial, and that will be, I think, within another 2 months' time, we'll also finalize that and then only prepare for the Phase II clinical trial. So the other products -- projects that are going and progressing well. As I said, we have 14 molecules as of now in the pipeline. And the monetizing opportunity can happen -- for this, the revenue generation is very vigor in the sense, so it is only the technical services which we do per part of the erstwhile when we are reporting the contract in technical services, some of the -- is also part of that recovery equipment we use and support some of our customers, that would be the only thing that will be there. So hence, not much revenue. It's only revenue burning all these. So the possibility of amortizing can happen earlier. It will be in the second or third quarter of 2021, based on the outcome of these SUVN-G3031, based on the positive results, we're going to monetize it. People have many questions. How are you funding? Until now, Suven brands business is funding this. As you know, we have some cash which is with us. So that will take us for the next 18 months. But we have many things in, what you call, planning for the continuation of the funding for this activity. One part is, it is going to be -- now that it is pure play, this drug discovery program. And the people who has the appetite to align with us, mostly the strategic players, can come into the picture based on the pipeline we have. That's one way of looking at it other than the monetization. The second thing is even asset-based are bringing in a partner is also a possibility, which we have not started the activity yet because now it only just has happened, this bifurcation. And the third thing, you -- I mean if both are not happening, we need to set up a management team in place in U.S.A. and in 2.5 years from now, we'd like to go into the U.S. IPO pursuing neurosciences, which is the only one subsidiary of Suven Life Sciences. So this is the plan which we are progressing. Hopefully, something will happen to all those 3 or 4 activities, which we are thinking can happen to sustain this one. So to tell you, there will not be revenues to report is only the updates, mainly on the progress of the compounds until -- unless the monetization happens other than the activities that we are working on. So as and when there is a activity you will certainly know upfront. So I will leave that there with Suven Life Sciences. Now we will move into Suven Pharmaceuticals, which has been demerged from the Suven Life Sciences. This is many of our shareholders and funds who visited us said that why you are only restricting to yourself to certain part of the activity, why not expand your activity? We are slowly creating the infrastructure to make it to that level. And this is a new company largely not just declined even in the CRAMS itself, as you know, not just the intermediates who will be moving into the APIs also, now that globally the trend is expand the horizon, that means our offerings from certain players who are the long-term vendors for the global pharma. So we can go from not only from the -- in the CRAMS side of the business, not only from the intermediates to the APIs to the even formulation for the early-stage virtual companies and also formulation for the local market for the multinational companies and the regions, rather. So it's -- in addition to that, as you know, we also have specialty chemicals that also we are expanding as we were telling you. And the third thing, which you are knowing that we have a niche ANDA just started a portfolio and now that is going to be also our focus area. So ANDA will be also a focus area. So the volume of business that will be generated will be more or less 3 parts equally, it will have that within a period of 18 months from now. So with that, we are saying now the focus is to expand our horizons and making a development in pharmaceutical solutions provider. So from now onwards, there will not be any segmental reporting like our colleagues in the industry. It will be all pharmaceutical. That's the way we want to do it from now onwards. With respect to the fourth quarter, possibility, as I said last year -- I mean before the con call, 15% to 20% growth will happen during the year. So as you know, it is not the quarter-on-quarter basis. If you see that way, this quarter is less than the last quarter. But overall, we have waited to move close to the last year turnover that the fourth quarter will be similar to the third quarter with 5%, it's better that way. So overall, we'll be giving a 20% to 22% growth compared to last year. And the final -- another question is, what people are asking, what will be the effect of Chinese raw materials? Yes, it will have an effect because even some of these purchase orders which we have placed, the raw materials which are lying in the shipyards also not being shipped out. We will not be knowing until I hope for the 10 days before what is exactly the situation. It will have some disturbances, it'll happen. But if the coronavirus thing is going down, then it will not be much of a problem. Otherwise, you will see -- we are not able to gauge at what level these disruptions can happen. Right now, we're okay. But days from now, we don't know. But this quarter, we are okay. But for the first quarter onwards, we cannot exactly give you the indication. It's a 50-50 chance that we may not have any problems or may have problems, whichever way you look at it. So this is an indication that you need to look at it. And finally, is Suven Pharmaceuticals Limited listing. The listing, we have done our job. We have submitted the things to the stock exchanges, and we are awaiting for their feedback and the -- whatever the requirements which need to be done is only queries, which we will answer within 24 hours. So it's between the SEBI and the stock exchange when this can happen. So it's not in our hand, as you know. So we cannot resolve it. So many people are asking when it's going to be listed. If it's in our hands, I could have told you, but it's not in our hands. So with this, I will stop from here. I'll take questions from you. Thank you, again.

Operator

operator
#4

[Operator Instructions] We take the first question from the line of [ Anand Singh ] from Unifi Capital.

Unknown Analyst

analyst
#5

Congratulations for a wonderful set of numbers. I have 3 questions. And the first is, there are some media reports that you are planning to sell the CRAMS business. So if you can comment on it as to is there any truth to the rumors? And second question is about the CapEx in the CRAMS business. You indicated that the ambit of activities within the CRAMS business would be widened. So if you can give us a broad sense of -- and the quantum of CapEx over next 1.5, 2 years? And thirdly, with respect to the CRAMS business, as we are planning to increase the activity, what's the plan for the management bandwidth expansion? Have we -- are we planning to add more top C-level executives to kind of take the newer initiatives forward?

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#6

Yes. With respect to the media report, this is not the first time it has come. It has come 3 months ago, 2 months ago. These rounds keep going on. And whenever there is somebody because so many funds comes in, so many advisers comes to our offices and somebody just puts one-to-one, I think that we are going for that one. As I said, for the Suven Life Sciences, we have planned out what it is. So there is -- we're not going to talk anything about the rumors. The rumors are rumors. When it happens, we'll certainly let you know beforehand, also with the stock exchanges. With respect to the CapEx, as you know, we've been working on this CapEx, since we have the appointed date as October 1, 2018. Since that time onwards, in order for us to expand our horizons the CapEx is being spent and additional block is being built in the Suryapet, which will be operational by the end of the year. And we have done the special OEL facility in Pashamylaram, which has come into operations now. And also, we are expanding with our formulation manufacturing site and -- which will come into the picture before the end of the year, too. By the time it is finished we should have 1 or 2 ANDAs approved so that we can produce and sell those things too. So this is the way it is happening. With respect to the broadband and the management team, yes. So we are looking for a senior executive at the COO level, which will be, maybe, hopefully within the next 3 to 4 months, it can happen.

Unknown Analyst

analyst
#7

Sir, one accounting query. What would be the book value of Suven Life Sciences at the end of December 2019, book value in absolute crores?

Unknown Executive

executive
#8

Book value of this Suven Life Sciences, if you really look at it, actually, when the net effect was separated out in demerger for INR 457 crores, the same thing -- of which the money what we spent close to about another INR 100 crores happened since then actually. The balance will be the total net worth as of now, that's what it is, that's it.

Unknown Analyst

analyst
#9

Okay. So about INR 350 crore is net worth?

Unknown Executive

executive
#10

Yes.

Operator

operator
#11

Next question is from the line of Aditya Khemka from DSP Mutual Fund.

Aditya Khemka

analyst
#12

Sir, if I look at the gross margins of the Suven Pharma business, so the question is pertaining to Suven Pharma, so we have now almost 6 quarters of data. So the gross margin tend to change from 66% to 78%, 79% sort of a range. What is such a wide -- why is there such a wide variability in gross margins from quarter-to-quarter?

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#13

As you know, we do not have a stop and sale item, which we do not do day in, day out, the same item, right? We are in a mix and match kind of business, depending on the nature of the product and the values keep changing. High-value, low-volume product and low -- I mean the low value, high-volume products also will be a mix. So this keeps changing. So you cannot guide because it's not having the same products made day in, day out so that there will not be any change in the gross margins. So this keeps changing depending on the specialty of the product and the stage where it is and the complexity of the projects, so we price differently.

Aditya Khemka

analyst
#14

Right. And secondly, you used to give your breakup of revenues on base CRAMS, specialty chemicals, commercial products, CTS services. Could we have that breakup for the current quarter as well, please?

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#15

No. As I said in the initial remark, we are dispensing away in this new order because now we are going into various activities. And since that's not giving a meaningful -- the numbers are not giving meaningful results, we are dispensing away with that. We are going to give you total revenue-based activity.

Aditya Khemka

analyst
#16

Okay. Fair enough. And on your cost side, so you do not report any R&D expenses further. So in the CRAMS business to develop the intermediate or the API, whatever cost you incur which is more like R&D only, but that cost is included in other expenses now?

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#17

No. No. Actually, if you remember, all the time, except the human cost, when we have 35 to 80, whatever it is...

Unknown Executive

executive
#18

Weighted deduction.

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#19

Weighted deduction, all the raw material cost is already charged to the CRAMS projects. Only the human cost we did not charge, that we have taken into this 35, 80. That's why you are seeing the R&D. Since the R&D weighted average deduction will not happen in this one, it has stayed with the Suven Life Sciences, this human cost also, we added to the...

Unknown Executive

executive
#20

Employee cost.

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#21

Employee cost, regular employee costs rather than the R&D cost. That's the only difference. And all the R&D expenses so far, other than the development of our ANDAs where the R&D will be there, there will be some -- there -- they can be capitalized when they mature into things.

Aditya Khemka

analyst
#22

Understood. And sir, our income from associates is largely related to the Shore Pharma Holding of Rising Pharma Holdings, right?

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#23

Yes. Yes.

Unknown Executive

executive
#24

Yes.

Aditya Khemka

analyst
#25

And if I see the number from the income from associates, again, quarter-to-quarter, I think first quarter was INR 17 crores, second quarter is INR 4 crores and the third quarter is INR 6 crores. It's again a very variable number. Why is such a variability in that earning revenue stream as well?

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#26

In the first quarter, it is mainly because of the inventory...

Unknown Executive

executive
#27

The gain of the inventory...

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#28

Inventory...

Unknown Executive

executive
#29

Acquired from the bankruptcy court...

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#30

From the bankruptcy court. Afterwards it is -- then afterwards the expenses growth because we need to bring back the businesses. So I think you will see -- you need to give us another couple of quarters before you see a ramp-up of the margins.

Aditya Khemka

analyst
#31

Right. And our stake in Shore Pharma is 30%, right?

Unknown Executive

executive
#32

25%.

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#33

25%.

Aditya Khemka

analyst
#34

25%. Okay. One last question.

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#35

Rising...

Aditya Khemka

analyst
#36

Sorry, go ahead, sir.

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#37

Rising Holdings.

Aditya Khemka

analyst
#38

Rising Holdings, right? And one last question. What is your capital expenditure budget for the full year of FY '20 and '21 for Suven Pharma?

Unknown Executive

executive
#39

The capital expenditure total is about INR 320 crores, of which we already spent about INR 160 crores. And the balance INR 150 crores will be spent most likely by this year.

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#40

Another 12 months, before 12 months...

Unknown Executive

executive
#41

Another 12 months.

Aditya Khemka

analyst
#42

So INR 150 crores is already incurred in FY '20 and you will close FY '20, closer to INR 175 crores, INR 180 crores?

Unknown Executive

executive
#43

Yes.

Aditya Khemka

analyst
#44

And then the following year, you will be doing another INR 125 crores, INR 150 crores?

Unknown Executive

executive
#45

No, out of INR 120 crores, we already spent about INR 160 crores as of now. And before the end of this year, we'll be spending balance amount.

Aditya Khemka

analyst
#46

Okay. And then FY '21, that is the next year, how much will be your CapEx budget totally?

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#47

As of now, other than the replacement CapEx of INR 50 crores, nothing is planned.

Aditya Khemka

analyst
#48

Nothing new planned. So where is our capacity utilization today in terms of the business?

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#49

Capacity utilization is always 100% because the mix and match kind of a product. So not all the equipments are utilized as well at the same time, but not -- some of them are -- or whatever -- not -- I mean, available, cannot be used for full product, unless we could have a single product going day in, day out, then the capacity utilization can be much more easier to tap. But here, this being somewhere 6 to 7 products are changed for month-to-month, it's very difficult. At any given point of time, it is 100% occupied, in the sense, not physically, but otherwise, it's occupied.

Aditya Khemka

analyst
#50

And sir, in your opening remarks, you made a comment about the fourth quarter outlook for Suven Pharma. I just couldn't hear you very clearly. Could you repeat that one?

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#51

I said it will be in the same range as third quarter. It's 5% to 10% this way or that way as of now. Last minute, so we don't know when the last shipments will go out depending on the 1 or 2 raw materials that is supposed to come also which they roll.

Operator

operator
#52

[Operator Instructions] Next question is from the line of Ashish Kacholia from Lucky Investment.

Ashish Kacholia

analyst
#53

My question is when we go into the manufacturing of generic products, would this not lead to a conflict with our CRAMS customers, the innovators, because they are pretty guarded about doing business with generic companies? So your thoughts on this?

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#54

No, that is a myth. There is nothing like you're not going and competing with their own product or anything like that. This is, as I said, a niche ANDA is what we are going to do that -- at the back end of the things or NDAs, we'll be doing it, and what we are working with innovators and what we are trying to do with the generics are not going to conflict. That is our understanding with the way things -- 5 years we have been working on this and nobody has any questions. That's why we are moving forward. Because everybody knows about that. Everybody knows about that. As a matter of fact, some of them are even auditing our formulations or future opportunities for them to outsource the manufacturing at whatever cost development.

Ashish Kacholia

analyst
#55

Okay. And sir, what are you seeing as the growth over the next 2, 3 years for the Suven Pharma business?

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#56

I mean we are now heading into the new direction. Right now, we say 15% to 20% growth. But when the activities in the ANDAs and even our infrastructure comes into the picture, I think '21 onwards, it will be better growth. Right now, for the next year, it will be 15% to 20% growth.

Ashish Kacholia

analyst
#57

Okay. And what do you see as the margin profile, given that we're now going to have a generics component in our business? Will the gross margins and the EBITDA margins come up sharply because we were one of the highest margin companies in the sector?

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#58

Yes, because we are not going to sell it to somebody else and it's only on the profit-sharing basis, so the margin profile will be similar to what we are enjoying now.

Operator

operator
#59

We take the next question from the line of Ankush Agrawal from Stallion Asset Management.

Ankush Agrawal;Stallion Asset Management;Analyst

analyst
#60

Just a couple of questions. Firstly, can you give a number on the debt and cash status on the Suven Pharma and Suven Life Sciences as well? Secondly, in a recent interview you mentioned that post the demerger, you will be looking for a strategic investor for the CRAMS side of the business as well. So can you give some comment on that side?

Unknown Executive

executive
#61

As far as the debt of CRAMS business is concerned, actually, it's only the working capital, what we have right now. That's about INR 30 crores to INR 35 crores.

Ankush Agrawal;Stallion Asset Management;Analyst

analyst
#62

INR 33 crores.

Unknown Executive

executive
#63

Yes. Other than that, we don't have any long-term debt in Suven Pharmaceutical. Suven Life Sciences, we don't have any debt other than a small debt of what we have taken from DST, Department of Science and Technology of assets. It's about INR 2.5 crores. That's a very minor one.

Ankush Agrawal;Stallion Asset Management;Analyst

analyst
#64

Okay. And the cash?

Unknown Executive

executive
#65

What was the other question you had, actually?

Ankush Agrawal;Stallion Asset Management;Analyst

analyst
#66

So on cash as well on the Suven Pharma and Suven Life Science?

Unknown Executive

executive
#67

Suven Life Sciences, yes, we have put our quota of cash, it's about INR 180 crores. And Suven Pharmaceuticals, we have close to about INR 230 crores -- INR 213 crores.

Ankush Agrawal;Stallion Asset Management;Analyst

analyst
#68

All right. And secondly, on the strategic investor for the CRAMS side of the business?

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#69

What I said is, I think when somebody asked me why this, because I said if some strategic investor wants to come in, they don't want to come in, in a mixed bag. And I said we don't want to come in where an expense is being done on the [indiscernible] R&D. That's what I said. So the possibility of attracting a strategic investor, this demerger will be helpful, but I did say that we are going to look for a strategic investor.

Ankush Agrawal;Stallion Asset Management;Analyst

analyst
#70

All right. So if I can squeeze just one...

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#71

I mean we certainly...

Unknown Executive

executive
#72

Evaluate.

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#73

Evaluate certainly.

Ankush Agrawal;Stallion Asset Management;Analyst

analyst
#74

All right. And sir, if I can just squeeze just one more question. Can you give some color on the status of Rising Pharma? How the business is doing over there?

Unknown Executive

executive
#75

Yes. Yes. We left that...

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#76

First 8 months, we made profit. So it must be doing good, right?

Ankush Agrawal;Stallion Asset Management;Analyst

analyst
#77

Yes.

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#78

So you had time for that. And I think things will go into the right direction.

Operator

operator
#79

We take the next question from the line of [ Ranveer Singh ] from Renaissance Investment.

Unknown Analyst

analyst
#80

I'm [ Ranveer ] from Sunidhi Securities.

Operator

operator
#81

Sir, this is the operator. I'm sorry to interrupt. Requesting you to please speak a bit louder. Sir, your questions are not audible.

Unknown Analyst

analyst
#82

Yes. It's audible now?

Operator

operator
#83

Yes.

Unknown Analyst

analyst
#84

So my question relates to this revenue we see in Suven Life Science. Can you help me reconcile it, which part of business is actually coming in this Suven Life Science?

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#85

The revenue in Suven Life Sciences comprised of 2 parts. One is the contract technical services. The other one is the interest income on the cash that has been kept for the Suven Life Sciences.

Unknown Analyst

analyst
#86

So erstwhile, what we used to report on the technical services is coming in this Suven Life Science?

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#87

Not all of it. Part of it. Part of it.

Unknown Analyst

analyst
#88

And drug discovery services, part of drug discovery services are also coming in this...

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#89

Yes, that's what it is...

Unknown Executive

executive
#90

That is obviously...

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#91

Both one and the same, technical services is part of the drug discovery only.

Unknown Analyst

analyst
#92

The number in 2018 has been around INR 49 crore in drug discovery services as reported.

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#93

No, no, no. That is in contract technical services, all put together.

Unknown Executive

executive
#94

In 2018, when you're talking about, it is a combined entity when it was having it, actually. And now post the separation, if you really look at it actually, it is different.

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#95

It will have both. Both companies will have the same services offering, depending on the nature of the product -- I mean nature of the equipment it use and who is the customer and it's -- either it's close to Suven Pharma or it's goes to the Suven Life Sciences.

Unknown Analyst

analyst
#96

Okay. So roughly, that 40 -- INR 50 crore roughly we reported under services segment last year in FY '19?

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#97

In the drug discovery, it's only less than INR 5 crores all the time.

Unknown Analyst

analyst
#98

So should I take this 50% of -- roughly 50% of it is in this CRAMS -- in the Suven Life Sciences.

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#99

No. More, more.

Unknown Executive

executive
#100

No, it is more, actually.

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#101

Suven Life Sciences, you'll have a very nominal. You don't have to -- it's not -- very nominal, less than INR 5 crores a year, INR 5 crores to INR 6 crores a year.

Unknown Analyst

analyst
#102

And that INR 5 crore is coming from services only, that technical services only?

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#103

Right, right, right.

Unknown Analyst

analyst
#104

Okay. Fine. And when we list this Suven Pharma, then in Suven Pharma, we will be reporting the CRAMS and the commercial suppliers separately, right?

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#105

No. We are reporting as a single segment.

Unknown Analyst

analyst
#106

Okay. Okay. Fine. And when we are expecting to get it listed?

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#107

Hey, it's anybody guess. We have submitted all our documents. It's only the NSE, BSE and the SEBI, which has to give us the clearance.

Operator

operator
#108

We take the next question from the line of Dipan Mehta from Elixir Equities.

Dipan Mehta

analyst
#109

Sir, congratulations on very good set of numbers and demerger. My question is relating to Rising Pharma. If you could just refresh our memory, what is Suven Pharma's holding in Rising Pharma?

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#110

25%.

Dipan Mehta

analyst
#111

Okay. And will there be any -- I mean, related-party transactions between Rising Pharma and Suven Pharma, when you eventually start getting into the generics space because they are -- they have very stronger generics space from what I understand?

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#112

Yes, there will be because we already had some developmental agreements with Rising Pharma even before we bought into this company. Now that this has come into the picture, anything the new that -- because when once ANDA is developed and the market through them, then it will be a related-party transaction. And when that comes in, it will be reported.

Dipan Mehta

analyst
#113

Okay. And last question, sir, is regarding related-party transaction between Suven Pharma and Suven Life Sciences if you could just highlight those related-party transactions? And has Suven Pharma given any guarantees or -- I mean in the event of Suven Life Sciences balance sheet deteriorating for the risk it takes, is there any fallback or any new liability coming on to Suven Pharmaceuticals because of that?

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#114

Okay. To be -- for everybody's clarity, it has nothing to do with -- anything to do between the 2 companies. They are 2 independent companies, even if it is -- there is no guarantees given by Suven Life Sciences. As a matter of fact, Suven Life Sciences is borne out of Suven Pharma, okay? What you call the related-party transactions will be there, 2 different types. One, the facilities we are to lease it out because all these facilities, except one piece of land and a small building, has gone to Suven Life Sciences. All other infrastructures like manufacturing sites and R&D sites, everything has gone to the Suven Pharma. So there was a lease agreement in place for the space that is leased out to Suven Life Sciences effective January 9. So that is a related-party transaction. In addition to that, there are certain activities conducted by the Suven Life Sciences for Suven Pharma for -- based on their equipment availability. We don't want to duplicate the equipments. So that will be on a arms-length basis. Similarly, Suven Life Sciences will be doing some activities like formulation manufacturing for them and all those kind of stuff for the Life Sciences on a pre-agreed terms and conditions. And this will be a related-party transaction. These are the services for one to each other will be recorded and also lease agreement will be recorded as well.

Dipan Mehta

analyst
#115

So there will be significant related-party transaction between the 2 companies because of manufacturing and sharing of premises, sharing of laboratory equipment...

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#116

Yes. Yes. I mean a significant advantage is there are 2 parts. As I said, the lease is one part. That's a regular ongoing thing. And the services is the second part. Services, you don't need all the time on the manufacturing because unless the services happen, there is -- a requirement will not come into the picture. Only in the specific equipment, which Life Sciences have if the pharma don't have, they will use their equipment and whatever the Life Sciences are charging to their customers, it will be given at a special pricing arrangement. Similarly, Suven Pharma will be doing, which is specific then it will be a related-party transaction. If you say, the number of activities, yes, it may be real time 15 per month.

Dipan Mehta

analyst
#117

Okay, sir. And any timeline for Suven Pharma listing? Is it weeks or months or quarters? I mean what is your merchant-venturer...

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#118

I think if somebody from the business can go and tell the SEBI and these stock exchanges that we're waiting since a long time for the answer, that would be great because I cannot influence them. I only did what I can do.

Operator

operator
#119

We take the next question from the line of Rohan Advant from Multi-Act.

Rohan Advant

analyst
#120

Yes. Sir, my first question was on the interest expense that we've recorded in Suven Pharma of INR 7.6 crores. What does that pertain to, sir?

Unknown Executive

executive
#121

Working capital, and we have -- at Suven Pharma, we have a debt, right? We have working capital.

Rohan Advant

analyst
#122

Sir, but the debt amount that you gave was quite low, around INR 32 crores, right? So INR 7.6 crores of interest, how is that -- that I couldn't add up?

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#123

When the demerger taken place, there is -- cash is allocated for Suven Life Sciences. And the cash is still with the Suven Pharma, which is obligated to Suven Life Sciences and which it has to be given a certain percentage of, which is agreed between both. That is the one which is the bulk of the interest cost.

Rohan Advant

analyst
#124

Okay. Sir, what interest is being charged? And how much is that cash, sir?

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#125

It's 8%.

Rohan Advant

analyst
#126

Okay. On INR 180 crores, INR 200 crores?

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#127

Yes.

Unknown Executive

executive
#128

It cannot be like INR 180 crores, INR 200 crores. It's just an average, diminishing balances.

Rohan Advant

analyst
#129

Okay. Okay. Sir and second question was on the -- sir, now you said that you are not giving the commercial breakup separately. But in the past, what we've understood is that in a year where you have commercial supplies that have grown very fast, it is difficult to grow from that base in the year next. But you are also saying FY '21, you think you can do 15%, 20%. So I just wanted to understand, this has been a very good commercial year for you, at least based on the first 6 months and your guidance then, that we'll do INR 180 crores. So in spite of that headwind, do you think FY '21, we can grow at 15%, 20%, sir?

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#130

That's what our gut feeling is. And as and when the changes happen, we will certainly inform you. But as of today, there is a gut feeling. Because we're not having full visibility and have the retroactive, what you call, the results. This is what our guidance.

Rohan Advant

analyst
#131

Sir, and lastly, on Shore Pharma. Sir, our profit from associates, which is INR 6.4 crores this quarter, which would mean INR 25 crores for the full company. So what revenues would be this profit generated on? And what is that percentage? And where you can take this to in the next 12 to 24 months?

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#132

See, I cannot take that company to somewhere else. I am not running that company. As I said, we are only investing in that one. And in the distribution company, I think it will be only 8% to 10% maximum product margins.

Rohan Advant

analyst
#133

Sir, so this INR 25 crores would be on what revenue, sir?

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#134

So this is a private company. This is a -- a revenue share is given to us. We are not getting this into our balance sheet. It's only reporting requirement, only when they distribute as a dividend, then we get into our books.

Rohan Advant

analyst
#135

Okay, sir. Sir, just one thing I wanted to understand, you gave cash of Suven Life of INR 213 crores and INR 180 crores for Suven Pharma. Can you -- because our cash was INR 300 crores beginning of the year, and we spent $35 million on Shore acquisition. And we still seem to have INR 400 crores of cash roughly. So I couldn't understand how the cash...

Unknown Executive

executive
#136

We don't have INR 400 crores. There is a liability for Suven Pharma to pay to Suven Life Sciences, that is still there, actually, right? So when you really net it off, actually it will be reduced.

Rohan Advant

analyst
#137

I got that, sir. That was the confusion I had.

Operator

operator
#138

We take the next question from the line of Amar Mourya from AlfAccurate Advisors.

Amar Mourya;AlfAccurate Advisors;Founder and Managing Director

analyst
#139

Yes. So firstly, on the CapEx. For this INR 230 crores CapEx which we are doing, this will be for the, I mean, specialty or for the intermediates or for the API? And how much the capacity will increase from the -- what level to what level?

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#140

As far as the capacity is concerned, it is not estimated because this is multiple products, so they cannot tell what is the capacity. What we are telling is capacity in terms of the reactor volumes and whatever that is. And these activities, not only for the intermediate and specialty chemicals but also for formulations and the API, all put together.

Amar Mourya;AlfAccurate Advisors;Founder and Managing Director

analyst
#141

Okay. So basically, this INR 320 crores will expand your capacity by 50%? Or -- and how do we see the utilization in this trend?

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#142

[indiscernible] capacity and capacity. I am not looking into the capacity. We are only increasing the reactor capacities, not by the product capacity. Product capacity, I can tell. If I'm making a generic product, day in, day out, if I am increasing from 10 tons to 15 tons, I can tell. But we're navigating a product from the outside and which is only 500 kilos, I may need big reactors, 10 of them, which we will be using only for 3 months or 2 months or 1 quarter or whatever it is. It would impossible for us to give you a capacity-based activity. What we can tell you is, the reactors which we are putting is about 300-kiloliter capacity reactors.

Amar Mourya;AlfAccurate Advisors;Founder and Managing Director

analyst
#143

Okay. Okay. So basically what I can understand here is that then in your case, yours would be a batch production. So then in that case, like how much of the -- this INR 320 crores can generate a sales versus turnover ratio? So peak sales versus turnover.

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#144

No, no, no. That is also -- if you see last 15 years, you never can be able to gauge what is the z, turnover ratio comes to the capacities what we have. It is only the value that comes out of this. I may be doing only $10 value product out of this, but I may be making $6 out of that for one product and $3 out of that product. I am not looking at the volume of the business, but it is the value of the business. That's the number of mix-and-match products that I can take up today at a given point of time so that my customer will be serviced. When the opportune happens, then actually, then you will expand further one more line and don't need to put it full block.

Amar Mourya;AlfAccurate Advisors;Founder and Managing Director

analyst
#145

Okay. Okay. So basically, sir, your commercial, is it fair to understand then in that case, your commercial supply capacity is fully occupied at 100%?

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#146

No, because, as you know, commercial comes and goes after one product comes [indiscernible] and after that for 18 months there will not be anything. At that time we'll be doing the mix-and-match products. So there's nothing like a commercial product or a dedicated product. Other than the specialty chemicals, nothing is dedicated. Everything is a mix and match.

Amar Mourya;AlfAccurate Advisors;Founder and Managing Director

analyst
#147

Okay. Okay. And then, sir, specialty chemical, do you have the room to grow for the next year in terms of the capacity?

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#148

Yes, if we get the business, certainly sir.

Amar Mourya;AlfAccurate Advisors;Founder and Managing Director

analyst
#149

Okay, okay, okay. So basically, sir, what I was trying to understand, I think the other participant also has asked. This 20% growth revenue guidance which you are giving, I mean we -- since our business is like this, we never have a visibility in terms of that. So what gives you confidence of this 20% guidance or 15% guidance for the next year?

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#150

First of all, you're asking the same question every time, not you I mean, everybody is asking me some kind of a guidance. And I'm giving you guidance based on my past performance and the gut feeling what we have and the number of projects that are there, there is a possibility that can happen. Sometimes, it may not happen also. But this is in general comment that we give because of the expanded activities we are doing. I used to tell you 10% to 15%. But I have now gone on record as saying now 15% to 20%, or even 20%, because of the expanded activities, expanded capacities, that too after 1 year from now.

Amar Mourya;AlfAccurate Advisors;Founder and Managing Director

analyst
#151

Okay. Okay. Perfect. And sir, one last one. What would be the tax rate for the next year?

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#152

Same thing, I guess. What is that?

Unknown Executive

executive
#153

25%.

Amar Mourya;AlfAccurate Advisors;Founder and Managing Director

analyst
#154

For Suven Pharma.

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#155

New tax rate.

Unknown Executive

executive
#156

25%.

Amar Mourya;AlfAccurate Advisors;Founder and Managing Director

analyst
#157

25%. Okay.

Operator

operator
#158

Next question is from the line of [ Ankit Gupta from Bamboo Capital ].

Unknown Analyst

analyst
#159

Sir, just wanted to know what is -- what drove the growth for our revenue this quarter? Because you gave a guidance of INR 180 crores of commercial grants for the full year. And in H1 itself, you have done close to INR 140 crores. So INR 40 crore incremental revenue from commercial CRAMS for Q3 and Q4. So just if you can give us a broad highlight of what led to higher growth in revenues this quarter, specialty chemicals, regular or commercial CRAMS?

Unknown Executive

executive
#160

Again, you are coming back with the same thing, like asking for a segmented information, which we said we are going to discuss with [indiscernible], right? We are going to [indiscernible].

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#161

In general, all the activities has contributed to the -- compared to last quarter, it's less now. So that's why this average is coming because when I say something, oh, then you're going to make this data this and that and which leads to the...

Unknown Executive

executive
#162

People are giving unnecessary estimates.

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#163

That's why we are going in a total revenue-based activity.

Unknown Analyst

analyst
#164

Sure. But will you give us the breakup of the number of molecules which were in Phase I, Phase II, Phase III and commercial?

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#165

Anyway that does not give you any value because we are not giving you -- if you see to the total -- out of the total, you take out all these commercial and specialty and all, it's not giving you that much value with the number of products that are on hand. Moreover as we go forward with the number of activities increasing, the number of that will be -- when the other number increases, this number...

Unknown Executive

executive
#166

May I just say [indiscernible]?

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#167

So that's why we are not also giving that part.

Unknown Analyst

analyst
#168

Okay. But sir, one question on commercial CRAMS. Like we had 4 molecules, which were in the commercial stage. So have we got any more molecule in commercial stage now? Or we had Phase III -- one molecule in Phase III. So any movement in that, which is driving the growth for the company?

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#169

Not at this time.

Operator

operator
#170

We take the next question from the line of Rahul Veera from Abakkus Asset Management.

Rahul Veera

analyst
#171

Sir, just wanted to understand, what is the long-term strategy for Rising Pharma, like 3 years further down the line?

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#172

I think I want to give end to this question. I just said, this is an investment we have done. We are not running that business. That's a private company. I cannot give their -- this thing. I only can report whatever their share that comes to us. And I can only take the money whenever that -- a dividend is given to us. So I hope people will refrain from asking me about the way how do I do the business with Rising Pharma when I can't do anything with that because somebody else is doing it. I am not an active part of it rather than...

Rahul Veera

analyst
#173

That's is an unlisted company.

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#174

So I think it is clear to everyone that we are not running that business.

Rahul Veera

analyst
#175

No, no, sir. My question was from a different perspective. After 3 years, 4 years, we want to hive off these investments, like what is the plan with -- what is the strategy for this one?

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#176

First of all, as I said, I'm going into the -- actively into the ANDAs, right? And then we will have a partner who can distribute it to you and which you can have a control over the distribution things preference -- not a control, preference to distribution. And -- for anything now when the value is unfair, maybe it all depends on how the value proposition comes and whether the continued supply and distribution agreement will be beneficial to us getting out and making 3, 4x is better. We will evaluate as and when it comes. It's only 8, 9 months, and we need to give some more time before we can. We have not planned anything as of today.

Operator

operator
#177

Next question is from the line of Sachin Kasera from Lucky Investment.

Sachin Kasera;Lucky Investment;Analyst

analyst
#178

Congrats on a good set of numbers in Suven Pharma. Sir, I understand that you mentioned that you will not be able to share now that subsidiary revenue stream. But just for our understanding, is it that the margin profile, especially the gross margin, same across all the 3, 4 product lines because if we don't get any sense on that, then you know we could get wrong direction in terms of how the margin profile will move? So wondering if you could just tell us that all of them have a similar margin profile. And secondly, wonder if you can tell us this 15%, 20% [indiscernible] that you get in next year, which segment is going to drive it? Is it going to be more driven by specialty or the new ANDAs or by commercial CRAMS or by the normal...

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#179

Actually, it is one and the same. It is one and the same as I can give you the bifurcations and the minute details. But as I said, when it is the margin profile before I was telling you and we expand also the margin profile will be in the same range as the present one. And when I said the 15% to 20% growth and next year 20-plus, our growth is really based on the total activity-based things. And again, it has no meaning whether it has come from this one or that one at this time. And we'll evaluate that as the time goes by.

Unknown Executive

executive
#180

And it also takes quarter-to-quarter, like one quarter specialty chemicals may be higher, another quarter CRAMS may be higher, one quarter commercial maybe high. So it keeps changing. But overall, for annual year, we will be able to maintain the growth perspective. That's the reason [indiscernible] individual quarter wise is not going to give any meaningful information to anyone. So that is the reason we are dispersing with that policy.

Sachin Kasera;Lucky Investment;Analyst

analyst
#181

So will you be sharing that on an annual basis or will you be stopping even on the annual basis?

Unknown Executive

executive
#182

No. Annual basis also, we are not going to give the split.

Sachin Kasera;Lucky Investment;Analyst

analyst
#183

Okay. Fine. And sir, just on the API, there was a mention that we may also look to get into API. So this INR 320 crore CapEx also includes the investment for API? Or that is something that is [indiscernible] bottom?

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#184

When I say, API, it is not a bulk activity of API that we have got for marketing. These are the APIs which we will be supplying to ourselves for the backward integration and for our customers who are now in the CRAMS business also coming into the -- because of the long-term relationships we have, they are also moving us on the minus 2% into the API itself. These are the purpose. So the volumes will not be that high. The same equipment can take care of that because it's only the campaign-based activity. Not for a like a big apolipoprotein like thing where you create the capacity and sell into it. That's not the kind of thing what we are doing here. Value-based APIs manufacturer.

Sachin Kasera;Lucky Investment;Analyst

analyst
#185

Sure. And sir, just one question on dividend. Now that R&D is separated, and this is a cash yielding business. So are we looking at some sort of a dividend payout policy? I could see that you have given a INR 2.50 of special dividend also in the interim. If you could give us something on that, it will be very helpful.

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#186

Yes. Yes, now the original dividend of 250%, 150% has given. Then another 2.50% is given because people who stuck with us and not got listed nor get benefited, I thought they will be happy to have this...

Unknown Executive

executive
#187

Cash.

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#188

Cash when it comes out. But as you rightly said, as and when the revenues are generated and not spent then you know what happens. It is likely to be distributed. But right now, we are not taking, this is the very first. So we will wait until the end of the next year.

Operator

operator
#189

We take the next question from the line of [ Saravanan Viswanathan ] from Unifi Capital.

Unknown Analyst

analyst
#190

Sir, there are 2 synergies that you had mentioned that would come from Rising Pharma investment. One, they will be our distribution partner for our ANDAs. That's clear. Also from a longer-term perspective, because we are working with various entities, some of the CRAMS business also could come to us -- come to Suven. Is that -- that is also something we can expect, right, over the mid to long term?

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#191

Yes, sir. That will happen. Yes.

Unknown Analyst

analyst
#192

Okay. So that is something I wanted to cover. And so taxation, you had mentioned 25% for the stand-alone company. On a consolidated -- consol basis, how would it be for the next year?

Unknown Executive

executive
#193

See, in the case of consol also, what is -- it's going to be safe. But there's no revenue generation or anything that is coming and hitting us, right, in a real way.

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#194

For the presentation.

Unknown Analyst

analyst
#195

Okay. And...

Operator

operator
#196

Well, ladies and gentlemen, we've just lost the line for the current participant. We take the next question from the line of Aditee Amit Saoji from Easytax.

Aditee Amit Saoji;Easytax Private Limited;Director

analyst
#197

I would like to ask one question. Regarding SUVN-502, what is the way ahead?

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#198

As I have mentioned in my earlier remarks, it did not meet the primary endpoint. But the data that indicates secondary endpoints are very promising. And now we are dissecting the total data for the secondary endpoint, and we will regroup with the key opinion leaders and then ascertain which are the 2 other indications out of which one we should be prioritizing and go to the agency, the FDA, and then file for the IND. So it may take another 2 to 3 months before we can arrive at which indication to go for it. And after that another 2 to 3 months before -- whether we want to go for that. As of now, it looks like promising that we go for other indication for a proof-of-concept study.

Aditee Amit Saoji;Easytax Private Limited;Director

analyst
#199

Okay. And one more question. The ANDAs will go in which company?

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#200

Which one?

Unknown Executive

executive
#201

It will be in SPL, Suven Pharmaceuticals.

Aditee Amit Saoji;Easytax Private Limited;Director

analyst
#202

Suven Pharmaceuticals. Okay.

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#203

Yes. Right.

Operator

operator
#204

We take the next question from the line of Kunal Mehta from Vallum Capital.

Kunal Mehta

analyst
#205

Sir, I wanted to understand which areas of projects we have in terms of Phase I, Phase II, Phase III and commercial for the CRAMS business, the number of projects?

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#206

I think I mentioned in the earlier remarks, and I had talked to other people also that it is a new business opportunity with Suven Pharmaceuticals. We are expanding our horizons, and we are doing away with the segmental revenue reporting.

Unknown Executive

executive
#207

And also the individual information on the number of projects, which is not giving a meaningful information to people.

Kunal Mehta

analyst
#208

Okay. Okay, sir. And sir, would you disclose the number of projects you have added this year? Even that you will not disclose...

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#209

It's going to be only revenue-based activity only we want to report.

Kunal Mehta

analyst
#210

Sure, sir. And sir, the second question is that I want to understand, in terms of your ANDA pipeline, can you just give us understanding what's the pipeline which you're trying to build for your formulation business in terms of the number of ANDAs, how much have you filed and how much you're going to file? And what sort of ANDAs are going to be -- are these going to be in these therapies?

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#211

The therapies, we are therapeutic agnostic. These are -- all these are specific ANDAs, small volume, where not many people will be there, it happens. Right now, as of now, we have 9 filed. Out of that, 2 are active. I mean 1 is the [indiscernible] a long time ago. We filed that one. And the 9 filed, out of that 3 are Suven and 6 are with the customers. Out of that that 2 more we have filed for ANADA, that is abbreviated animal new drug application, similar to ANDAs. So total 11 right now. In addition to that, we have about 10 more in the developmental stage for now, and we'll increase that number to other 10 eventually. Slowly, I mean, we are building up. Slowly, we're building up.

Operator

operator
#212

We take the next question from the line of Purvi Shah from Kotak Securities.

Purvi Shah;Kotak Securities;DVP

analyst
#213

I have 2 questions. One is related to the 502 that you've explained that how do we plan to take it forward. So just wanted to know...

Operator

operator
#214

Ma'am, I'm so sorry to interrupt. But requesting you to please repeat your question as your question was not audible.

Purvi Shah;Kotak Securities;DVP

analyst
#215

Is this oaky?

Operator

operator
#216

Yes. Thank you.

Purvi Shah;Kotak Securities;DVP

analyst
#217

Yes. Sir, this is regarding 502. As you've said that how do we plan to take it ahead. So just wanted to know that since we'll be filing this again for the new indication, the entire Phase II would have to be conducted completely?

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#218

Yes, depending on the indication, the number of people and -- that is undergoing the therapy, proof-of-concept depends because Alzheimer's is the one which requires a longer duration and the highest number of people, like what we have done 568. But when we go to the other indications, where the duration may be 18 months, 2 years, but the number of individuals may be less, like 120 or something like that. So that we need to arrive at. It will not be the bigger -- big like before. It will be about 30% to 40% of the cost of 502 trial, which has happened before.

Purvi Shah;Kotak Securities;DVP

analyst
#219

Okay. And I think other one, if you could just highlight more on the raw material sourcing. As we said, that there could be some issues going forward in case if the supplies do not resume in time from China. So one is that, how much are we dependent on them? And do we have second qualified source from where we can start sourcing in case if the current situation escalates?

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#220

Okay. In terms of the volume, the dependence on the volume is less than 10% from China. But even 1% can change the whole dynamics because if there's a one single raw material didn't show up, that whole project will go to standstill, right? So it will have a huge impact. But as far as the second sourcing is concerned, we try to have -- not now, from the beginning, we have -- try to have second sources. [indiscernible] that we also try to do, if it is a critical raw material which is going to be on a commercial or specialty chemical, so we are also trying to backward integrate it into ourselves, even though the cost is a little bit more, but in terms of [indiscernible] and security sake, we'll be doing that. All these activities are currently going on. But there will be certain disruptions that can happen. As of now, next 45 days, I don't see anything. But next week, we will know because raw materials which are supposed to come in the March quarter -- March period time frame has not yet started yet. But right now, we are okay. But as I said in the early conversation, that there is likely, not only for our company, for all the companies, depending on the severity of the corona and how -- because raw materials are waiting at the port. They did not leave. That's our problem. I mean some of these companies, they said they have started manufacturing already. So that is positive. And I think by Monday, we'll have a little bit better picture because next week, they are supposed to fully open the country.

Purvi Shah;Kotak Securities;DVP

analyst
#221

Okay. Sir, just to take it a little further, as you've already said on the opening -- in the opening remarks that for Q4, at least, we do not have issue. But do we have other plan -- I understand that like we'll be monitoring the situation and by Monday we'll know what happens. But just in case, if things are not working the way we want, what would be the plan B to mitigate the escalation in the raw mat costs?

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#222

Yes. We are risking -- working with our customers themselves asking them to see whether they can find any other source in addition to our own findings and also a couple of products we are backward integrating ourselves, and we'll start to manufacture that starting April itself if needed. These are, yes, contingency plans are being worked out. This is what -- every day we are sending a contingency plan to our customers. It's the fire-fighting job not only for us, but every customer who's receiving our material and -- because they are also facing the same problem.

Purvi Shah;Kotak Securities;DVP

analyst
#223

So sir, do we have the rough cut indication as to how much could be the impact on our raw material costs in case of delays?

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#224

What's that again?

Purvi Shah;Kotak Securities;DVP

analyst
#225

Sir, in terms of percentage, I mean, how much could the costs be escalated in case of delays of...

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#226

Right now, I'm not sure yet because we didn't get to the second sources in place or even in the backward integration completely not done yet. But it can be, I mean, at least 10% -- minimum 10% will be there if something -- a disruption happens. That's best estimate.

Unknown Executive

executive
#227

But we have enough market to absorb it.

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#228

But at the same time, it will come down anyway, not only for us but others also.

Operator

operator
#229

We take the next question from the line of Darshit Shah from Nirvana Capital.

Darshit Shah;Nirvana Capital;Portfolio Manager

analyst
#230

Yes. Sir, I have just one question on the R&D expense. On the earlier calls, you said around 30% of the R&D expense will be allocated to Suven Pharma. So roughly around some INR 60 crores, we expect around INR 18 crores will be allocated to Suven Pharma. So sir, can you just let me know, I mean, because since I don't find any R&D expense in Suven Pharma, so are there any other heads in the P&L statement?

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#231

No, no, no. We have now -- see, if you remember, when we said 20% to 30% of the R&D expenses are for the Suven Pharma, we clearly mentioned at that time, it's only the people's cost. Now since we do not have 35AB in the, what do you call, in Suven Pharma, we are now charging off to the people's expenses directly.

Unknown Executive

executive
#232

It's part of the material. It's part of the people, overheads were all allocated straight away. So there is no separation into R&D cost.

Darshit Shah;Nirvana Capital;Portfolio Manager

analyst
#233

Okay. So they are reported under employee benefit expenses and manufacturing costs?

Unknown Executive

executive
#234

Yes. It's a part of it.

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#235

Yes.

Darshit Shah;Nirvana Capital;Portfolio Manager

analyst
#236

Okay. And sir, second question on ANDA. Earlier, you had mentioned that next year onwards, probably we'll be launching ANDAs and roughly $15 million, $20 million is the profitability we are looking from those ANDAs. Sir, can you shed some more light on that? How many ANDAs we plan to launch next year? And what could be the profitability on those?

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#237

As of now, we have filed 11 ANDAs. And they are -- most of them are under review. And we don't know when we'll get these exactly, and we expect something to come in the third quarter of this year itself, the year means the calendar year. And the bulk of it will be approved sometime in 2021. And the -- after that, another 10 are under development, and 10 more under evaluation.

Darshit Shah;Nirvana Capital;Portfolio Manager

analyst
#238

And sir, the profitability, you said would be somewhere between $15 million to $20 million. Would that be right?

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#239

I said the volume of business for each ANDA will be $2 million to $3 million. Volume means that's the profitability. Profitability.

Darshit Shah;Nirvana Capital;Portfolio Manager

analyst
#240

Sorry. Okay. $2 million to $3 million.

Operator

operator
#241

We take the next question from the line of [ Sahuja Asija from Invest Research ].

Unknown Analyst

analyst
#242

I just want to ask the book value of Suven Life Sciences and Suven Pharma, if I can get.

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#243

What is it again, madam?

Unknown Analyst

analyst
#244

Book value of Suven Life Sciences and Suven Pharma as on 31st December?

Unknown Executive

executive
#245

Yes. We will update you on that, actually. Yes.

Unknown Analyst

analyst
#246

Okay. And what can be the expected date of the listing [indiscernible] for Suven Pharma?

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#247

We have fulfilled all our requirements. It's the stock exchanges and SEBI to give us permission. So it's not in our hands. So whenever they give approval, I think it will be listed. Well, I don't have any clue on that.

Operator

operator
#248

We take the next question from the line of [ Ashish Rathi ] from Lucky Investment.

Unknown Analyst

analyst
#249

Sir, launch status and launch inspections as to when they happen for a key plant, please?

Unknown Executive

executive
#250

FDA?

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#251

The FDA?

Unknown Analyst

analyst
#252

Yes, the FDA and the regulated markets for the [ uGMP ] or whatever is the regulated market...

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#253

Yes. Yes. November.

Unknown Analyst

analyst
#254

So November it happened for the -- we have Vizag facility. We have Pashamylaram facility. And if...

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#255

With only Pashamylaram it is -- it's only Pashamylaram it's registered.

Unknown Analyst

analyst
#256

Okay. For the U.S. FDA. And the New Jersey facility?

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#257

Also in the same -- it's under construction. But everything is Pashamylaram. Regulated intermediates and the formulations, everything in one place altogether.

Unknown Analyst

analyst
#258

Okay. And that was inspected in November 2019 and cleared?

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#259

Yes, but not new generic use, existing generic facility, R&D [indiscernible] with the pilot plant. It is under construction.

Unknown Analyst

analyst
#260

Yes. Understood, sir. Sir, on the assets side, the Jeedimetla block will go to Suven Life and -- is that correct?

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#261

All assets excluding 1 acre of land and one small shed belongs to Suven Life Sciences -- I mean, Suven Pharma. Only that 1 acre of land and one small shed belongs to Suven Life Sciences, where the animal facility is situated.

Unknown Analyst

analyst
#262

Okay. Understood. Sir, another thing I wanted to ask on specific to ANDA filing is -- iron sucrose filing, what is the status for that, sir?

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#263

Not yet filed.

Unknown Analyst

analyst
#264

You haven't filed it, yet, okay. And sir Taro product, you had mentioned last time around that it was INR 5.6 crores in the 9 months last year in terms of royalty, and it was expected to come down significantly this year.

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#265

Yes. We have said that we are not giving you segmental revenue on product revenues.

Unknown Analyst

analyst
#266

Surely. But just a trajectory wise, has it come down significantly this year?

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#267

Yes.

Unknown Analyst

analyst
#268

I mean, depending on the reduce.

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#269

Yes, yes, yes.

Unknown Analyst

analyst
#270

, And G3031, sir, what is the market size to be the addressable indication for us, sleep disorders and the cognitive disorder?

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#271

What is that again?

Unknown Analyst

analyst
#272

Sir, G3031, what is the current market size for the addressable indications for the 2 indications?

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#273

There are multiple indications. If it is a combination, it's huge. There's no limit because there's no other drug available. But the other one is for the excessive daytime sleepiness where one of the product is more than $1 billion. The other product is more than $250 million, and it is unmet medical need. It's all depending on the nature of the product. I think it's a good size of the business.

Unknown Analyst

analyst
#274

Sir, Specifically for...

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#275

Not as big as Alzheimer's.

Unknown Analyst

analyst
#276

Sorry?

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#277

Not as big as Alzheimer's.

Unknown Analyst

analyst
#278

Yes, I get that. Sir, sleep disorder, you said 1 product is more than $1 billion and another more than $200 million. Which are these products, sir?

Unknown Executive

executive
#279

XYREM by Jazz Pharmaceuticals. The other is pitolisant from a European company.

Operator

operator
#280

Next question is from the line of Ankush Agrawal from Stallion Asset Management.

Ankush Agrawal;Stallion Asset Management;Analyst

analyst
#281

Sir, can you just tell me the rationale for holding on this INR 180 crores of cash in our books and giving interest on hit to Suven Life Sciences -- giving that money to Suven Life Sciences directly?

Unknown Executive

executive
#282

No, no. I didn't get you.

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#283

No. Why you're holding the money you have -- Suven Life Sciences' money in Suven Pharma?

Ankush Agrawal;Stallion Asset Management;Analyst

analyst
#284

Yes. And why you're paying interest on that instead of giving it to...?

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#285

Yes. I mean, we are getting an 8%. Where do we get 8% for Suven Pharma? And if you look at it, if I put my market in the Suven Life Sciences, I'll not get more than 6%. So it's a win-win situation for both of them. It is a standard practice. And it is -- as per the arm's length relationship, there is no undercutting or anything like that. It's been a win-win for both of them.

Ankush Agrawal;Stallion Asset Management;Analyst

analyst
#286

So instead of borrowing from the market since Suven Life Sciences doesn't need the money right now, you're using that money for yourself, right?

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#287

That's right. That's right.

Operator

operator
#288

Next question is from the line of Rohan Advant from Multi-Act.

Unknown Analyst

analyst
#289

[ Rahul ] here. My question is on the outlook that you shared for the next year, you expect a 15%, 20% kind of growth. And why you won't be sharing the inter-segmental breakup going forward? Do you expect the margins to be maintained next year?

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#290

Yes. Margins, as you know, we are saying EBITDA margin's up around 40%. There will be outliers like this quarter or last quarter, and there will be up and down, but on average that's around 40% EBITDA margin here. We are still maintaining that.

Unknown Analyst

analyst
#291

Okay. So next year, on the year as a whole, you may expect to maintain the margins that we had this year?

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#292

I did say what we had this year. I said an average of 40% of EBITDA.

Operator

operator
#293

Next question is from the line of [ Afzal Mohammed ], individual investor.

Unknown Attendee

attendee
#294

Sir, what is the status of the G3031?

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#295

It's undergoing the Phase II proof-of-concept clinical trial. 20% of the patients have been enrolled, and it is going slower than what we thought. So it may -- the results -- the trial will be done by the first quarter -- I mean March of 2021. Based on that outcome, then only we can go for the monetization opportunity here.

Unknown Attendee

attendee
#296

Okay. Okay. Sir, how many molecules do you currently have in the preclinical and clinical studies?

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#297

4 in the clinical stage, 10 in the preclinical.

Unknown Attendee

attendee
#298

Okay. And the most advanced one in the clinical stage is [indiscernible]?

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#299

As of now, it's still in G3031. After that it will be again SUVN-502, if I go for a second indication. The next one will be SUVN-D4010.

Unknown Attendee

attendee
#300

So which molecule gives you the most confidence among all three, I mean, keeping 502 aside?

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#301

Everything is very confident, but the results only tells me what will happen. So if this business is 0 to 1, there is no second thoughts about it. Without the confidence, you don't go forward. So we have confidence on every molecule with these different indications. Only the time will tell how the molecules fare. I mean, unfortunately, the 502 did not make it. Otherwise, we have been doing really well.

Unknown Attendee

attendee
#302

Okay. Sir, the price discovery of Suven Life Sciences was pretty much on the lower side. So probably people don't understand biotech in India. This is only just a pure biotech doing only new molecular entity in India, right? So can you like spread awareness about our extension of the molecules, how investors should value there, because the price is pretty still much on the lower side. It was below book value as a matter of fact, despite having a good cash...

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#303

Sir, the valuation, I cannot tell you because that's not the way I work because...

Unknown Attendee

attendee
#304

No, no. I'm not asking you...

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#305

Based on the valuation, I'm not working. I am looking at the uses of molecule. And that will give you the valuation. And in India, the drug base story will not give you the valuation. That's why we have done this demerger, so that we can have a -- people who have the appetite, the risk averseness, risk-taking ability will be the ones that will be aligned with this company. And those people who want the revenue generation will go to the Suven Pharma. That's what it is.

Unknown Attendee

attendee
#306

Okay. I'm just asking you to at least make some investment presentations where you can discuss the financial objective of this molecule, that will then give the investors some idea how to proceed with it.

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#307

First we have to make it to the next level, sir, before you get to -- because everybody knows we have given -- these are all -- any molecule you talk about in P&L, it will be a big turnover of $1 billion on average. It may or may not make it. So that -- it's very difficult. If I say something and somebody buys based on that, it will be on my head. So I don't want to say anything. But it's the only thing that what we do, we are telling you. And what are the molecules that are in the market, people know about it. And we only can tell the comparative molecules, like what we said for the 3031, the XYREM and the other one, which is [indiscernible] molecule, which we can compare with pitolisant is the one just launched, we can compare with. So it's a long way to go. I mean we cannot just jump the ship right away.

Unknown Attendee

attendee
#308

I understand that. Yes. So one last question, sir. What percentage of Suven Pharma's revenue will be from Rising? I mean, what I mean is what percentage of...

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#309

There is no revenues -- see, in the stand-alone, you don't get anything.

Unknown Attendee

attendee
#310

Yes. I am asking about API and some intermediates where you might be having some immediate parties...

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#311

Right now, nothing. But we'll be getting as that goes by. I mean because it started from there and all the customers they have, they are doing it. A few ones that are coming in, whatever customer we can ask to do it, that will be in-sourced into Suven. Then only you will know, because from now onwards related by the transactions we'll report it [indiscernible]. So you'll be knowing it. We also will be knowing. We are all learning in the process.

Operator

operator
#312

Next question is from the line of [ Saravanan ] from Unifi Capital.

Unknown Analyst

analyst
#313

So you had mentioned the relation between Life Sciences and Pharma would be on lease as well as provision of services, correct?

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#314

That's right.

Unknown Analyst

analyst
#315

And -- so all the agreements have been done in that regard?

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#316

Yes, sir.

Unknown Analyst

analyst
#317

And this INR 180 crores cash is part of the scheme of arrangement, right, that Suven Pharma would -- over a period of time would repay Suven Life Sciences?

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#318

Yes, yes, yes.

Unknown Analyst

analyst
#319

Was that supposed to be an interest component in this?

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#320

Yes.

Unknown Analyst

analyst
#321

Okay. Okay. So the interest component would be from the back dated, right, from 1st October 2018?

Unknown Executive

executive
#322

The interest component [indiscernible]

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#323

[indiscernible]

Unknown Executive

executive
#324

April 2018.

Unknown Analyst

analyst
#325

Sorry, sir. From April 2018?

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#326

April 2019 onwards. April 2019.

Unknown Analyst

analyst
#327

Okay. So basically, in the current financial year?

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#328

That's right.

Unknown Analyst

analyst
#329

The related debit is already there in the 9 month numbers?

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#330

Yes, yes.

Unknown Analyst

analyst
#331

So sir, just wanted to understand with regards to the related party transaction, what is the maximum revenue potential for Suven Life Sciences by providing services to Suven Pharma?

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#332

It will be more or less it will be netted off because some of them are -- Suven Life Sciences is doing to Suven Pharma, and Suven Pharma is to doing to Suven Life Sciences. It will not be much to be reportable. It will be -- I mean, it may come into the numbers, but not much activity.

Unknown Executive

executive
#333

It'll be insignificant.

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#334

Because you are utilizing the capabilities and other things but without incurring the CapEx here because it was there always.

Unknown Analyst

analyst
#335

Sure. So primarily, the money now Suven Life Sciences has is the INR 180 crore plus the INR 10 crore interest rate that will keep coming and, in fact, it will keep falling as that INR 180 crore gets used up?

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#336

That's right. That's right.

Unknown Analyst

analyst
#337

By your estimate, by what time would Suven Life Sciences need to raise more money to be able to do all the activity that it wishes to do? Ballpark my sense is within next 12 months, you'll have to raise money. Otherwise, in about 8 -- 15 to 18 months, you'll run out of the money completely. So is that assessment correct? And if you can give some sense of it?

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#338

Yes. Yes. You're right. We'll do it in a -- from 1 year from now we need to have new sources of income coming in either from the strategic partner coming in, the modernization and the IPO or whatever it is.

Unknown Analyst

analyst
#339

Perfect. And the book value of Suven Life Sciences, we discussed it around INR 350 crores. So out of which INR 180 crores is the residual cash? So INR 170 crores is maybe the equipment and the land. So this INR 170 crore of book value is the fair value or the market value could be higher than the INR 170 crore?

Unknown Executive

executive
#340

See, it gets depleting actually. So we will report it once it is completed actually. By 31st March 2019, we will know exactly the total book value, we'll know that.

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#341

2019.

Unknown Executive

executive
#342

Sorry, 2020. FY '20. Yes.

Unknown Analyst

analyst
#343

And the COO, you had mentioned you would be finalizing within the next 3 months. Is that right, for Suven Pharma?

Unknown Executive

executive
#344

We are on the lookout, actually. Yes, it will be finalized.

Operator

operator
#345

Ladies and gentlemen, that was the last question for today. I would now like to hand the conference back to the management for closing comments.

Venkateswarlu Jasti

executive
#346

Okay. Thank you, everyone, for tuning in, and it's a new beginning in Suven group of companies. It used to be group of companies earlier, it's a single company, now it's Suven Life Sciences, which is as I said, it is revenue burning exercise with the intellectual property creation and uncertain outcomes, and the people who have risk appetite will be the right partner for us, mainly looking for strategic partners. And in Suven Pharma, with -- we are increasing our bandwidth by forward integrating into its activity to service the pharmaceutical sector. And by that, we are creating infrastructure and also we are expanding our activities into the ANDAs and hopeful all this will give us good growth potential in the next 2 to 3 years from now certainly. And I thank all the people who are invested with us and being patient with us. And thanks again, and hope to talk to you in 3 months' time.

Unknown Executive

executive
#347

Thank you very much.

Operator

operator
#348

Thank you. On behalf of Suven Life Sciences and Suven Pharmaceuticals, that concludes this conference. Thank you all for joining us. You may now disconnect your lines.

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