MANKIND — earnings call
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Prepared remarks
MANAGING DIRECTOR · MR. SHEETAL ARORA – CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
MR. SHEETAL ARORA – CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
AND WHOLE-TIME DIRECTOR · MR. SUDIPTA ROY – SENIOR PRESIDENT, SALES AND
MR. SUDIPTA ROY – SENIOR PRESIDENT, SALES AND
MARKETING · MR. ASHUTOSH DHAWAN – GLOBAL CHIEF FINANCIAL
MR. ASHUTOSH DHAWAN – GLOBAL CHIEF FINANCIAL
OFFICER · MR. PRAKASH AGARWAL – PRESIDENT STRATEGY
MR. PRAKASH AGARWAL – PRESIDENT STRATEGY MR. ARCHIT GUPTA – MANAGER IR Mankind Pharma Limited July 30, 2026
Moderator · Conference Operator
Yes.
Thank you very much.
We will now begin with the question and answer session.
Mr. Pankaj Tibrewal.
Please announce your company name and proceed with your question.
Pankaj Tibrewal
Yes.
Thank you.
This is Pankaj Tibrewal from Ikigai Asset Manager.
Am I audible?
Moderator · Conference Operator
Yes.
Prakash Agarwal
Yes, you are audible.
Pankaj Tibrewal
Okay.
Just from an India business perspective, just wanted to get a sense that always, we have talked about India business growing at 1.2x to 1.3x the IPM growth.
Last year was obviously not a great year.
And this year also, the start has not been as great because the IPM itself, the market has been very, very strong.
How do you foresee the remaining 9 months for this year from an India growth perspective?
And then I'll come to my second question on BSV.
Thank you.
Sheetal Arora
Pankaj, if you are asking about the India growth perspective, I will tell you that we have already returned to double-digit growth.
And more importantly, the quality of growth has improved.
If you see our Chronic portfolio, which is growing by 15.8%.
Acute has also recovered to around 10.9%.
And BSV is showing strong growth in first quarter of this year.
Even the volume growth has improved to 4.7%, which was 2.3% in last financial year 2026.
If looking at, to answer your question of 9 months looking ahead, we are confident of progressively outperforming IPM because our growth is being driven by structural levers, not short-term factor.
The building blocks are in place.
We are increasing our Chronic mix, where we are currently at about 40%, and see the potential to move towards 50% over the next 4 to 5 years.
Second is we are scaling our hospital business where our market share is still significantly below our peers, giving us a long runway for growth.
Third, we are launching new divisions with non- focus brands in existing business.
And fourth, improving performance in underpenetrated state, where our market ranking is below our national standing, creating a meaningful opportunity to gain share.
So these are the long-term growth drivers that should enable us to consistently gain market share and progressively outperform IPM.
Pankaj Tibrewal
So in terms of -- can we here -- from here on, expect Mankind to consistently outperform IPM with this field force change, everything we have done and all the long-term drivers we are talking about?
Is it a fair expectation?
Sheetal Arora
Yes, we will definitely grow double-digit, the measures we are taking, increasing our hospital penetration.
The non-focus brands being promoted in new divisions etc. So definitely double- digit growth will come, in the times to come.
Pankaj Tibrewal
The second question is on BSV.
I remember last year when we started, we spoke about 18%, 20% growth on BSV, whereas actual growth was about 5%, 6% and largely coming from export and domestic saw a decline.
When you look at this year now, obviously, first quarter has started on a decent note.
How do we see BSV growth panning out for this year?
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Prakash Agarwal
So let me correct you, Pankaj.
So last year, BSV growth was around early teens, well-spread across domestic and international.
This quarter, the growth is around 21%.
And we have given guidance of high double-digit growth, which is high teens.
Pankaj Tibrewal
And if we break that into domestic and export, how should we think about it?
Prakash Agarwal
Yes.
So BSV domestic is around 17%, and international is around 25%.
Pankaj Tibrewal
Okay.
That helps us.
Thank you and wish you guys all the best.
Thank you so much.
Moderator · Conference Operator
Thank you.
Next is Rashmi Shetty.
Rashmi, kindly announce your company name and proceed with your question.
Rashmi Shetty
Yes.
Hi.
Am I audible?
Ashutosh Dhawan
Yes, you are.
Rashmi Shetty
Yes, I'm from Dolat Capital.
So one question on this net working capital.
You mentioned that the inventory has been increased.
And currently, the working capital is around 52 days.
So at the end of the year also, it will remain elevated or it is expected to decline?
Ashutosh Dhawan
Yes.
So we expect it to come down by the year-end because of some price advantages, et cetera.
So the inventory levels are, I would say, slightly above the normal trends, what we used to maintain.
So we can expect rationalization in the inventory levels in the coming quarters.
Rashmi Shetty
Okay.
And this inventory level, which was high, was it because of high raw material prices, anything which you all have witnessed during the quarter?
Ashutosh Dhawan
So since we were sitting on a comfortable inventory level, so therefore, if you would have observed the gross margins are pretty healthy.
And so they are at 72.8%.
So the price increase impact has not flown into the financial because of the good inventory level.
However, the next quarter or so, we may see a compression in the gross margins level because the prices of the commodities and the dollar, et cetera, has increased.
Having said that, we would like to maintain the same guidance what we gave, the gross margins to be upward of 71% and the EBITDA guidance to be 25.5% to 26.5%.
Rashmi Shetty
Okay, which is taking into account even the impact coming from the high raw material prices?
Ashutosh Dhawan
Absolutely, yes.
Rashmi Shetty
Yes.
And other inflationary cost?
Ashutosh Dhawan
Yes.
Rashmi Shetty
Okay.
And on the Consumer Healthcare business, I'm seeing that some -- again, you all have given a very low growth of around 3.8% and you'll have discontinued some cash and carry Mankind Pharma Limited July 30, 2026 business.
So if you can explain that in detail, what exactly you all have done?
And how should we look at this piece of business?
Rajeev Juneja
See, Mankind, wherever we basically do any kind of a business, it should have a very strong foundation.
So wherever we found that something has to be done, we have done that.
I mean, cash and carry business was basically impacting the general trade.
So we just stopped sales over there.
But as a whole, market has been a bit softer.
But on the second side, as far as the market share is concerned, Manforce Condom share has increased, Preganews share has increased, Gas-o-fast share has increased.
So we see going forward with high-teen to double-digit growth in second quarter onwards.
High single-digit to double-digit in second quarter onwards.
Rashmi Shetty
Okay.
That is in the remaining 9 months you're expecting?
Rajeev Juneja
Correct.
Rashmi Shetty
Okay.
And what about the debt levels, you know, we are expecting a complete repayment by FY28?
Ashutosh Dhawan
Yes.
Prakash Agarwal
Acquisition-related debt.
Rashmi Shetty
Acquisition related.
Okay.
That was -- yes.
Okay.
That is something -- that was the doubt.
Thank you so much.
That's it from my side.
Moderator · Conference Operator
Thank you.
Next question is from Kunal Dhamesha.
Kunal, kindly announce your company name and proceed with your question, please.
Kunal Dhamesha
This is Kunal from Macquarie.
First question for Ashutosh sir.
On the cash EPS number that you are sharing of around INR19 for the quarter, that excludes the entire depreciation and amortization or just the acquisition-related amortization for BSV?
Ashutosh Dhawan
This is after all these adjustments.
This is the reported EPS after adjustments of all the tax and depreciation amortization.
Kunal Dhamesha
The full depreciation amortization has been taken out?
Ashutosh Dhawan
Yes, yes.
Kunal Dhamesha
But sir, that's not the normal practice, the way large pharma does, right?
They just remove the acquisition-related amortization to arrive at cash EPS.
Ashutosh Dhawan
For the cash EPS, yes, cash EPS is after depreciation, amortization and impairment expenses.
The cash EPS is the cash portion.
Yes.
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Kunal Dhamesha
Right.
But if I just remove the acquisition-related amortization, let's say, BSV-related amortization, then what would be the cash EPS for the quarter and keep the Mankind related depreciation and amortization still in the numbers?
Ashutosh Dhawan
Only the total depreciation is in the range of INR225 crores.
And out of that, you can -- broadly 50% was allocated towards the acquisition-related depreciation.
So we can do the calculation and share with you the numbers subsequently.
Prakash Agarwal
We can take this offline, yes.
Kunal Dhamesha
Yes, because large pharma company only takes the acquisition-related amortization out when they calculate cash EPS.
Yes.
Second question on, let's say, with the launch of the GLP-1 molecules, and then we are kind of excluding tirzepatide when we kind of say that we are outperforming the Anti-Diabetes.
So just from the covered market perspective, how would have we moved, let's say, from a 3- year perspective, let's say, maybe FY22, what was the proportion of IPM we were -- was under our covered market versus what it would be now?
I don't know.
Has there been a meaningful change there, which is what is leading to this gap between the IPM growth versus our growth?
And what's the strategy to kind of come back to that covered market proportion that we earlier had?
Prakash Agarwal
So Kunal, if you see the molecules that we've been launching over the last 3 years, if you see Glizid, if you see the newer molecules on DPP-4, SGLT2, we are among the top 8, top 9 players.
Historically, we were always in the older molecules.
In the diabetes space, we have also launched insulin.
So there's a lot of new initiative in terms of launches and being the top 7, top 8 players.
Historically, we were not very big in Anti-Diabetes and if you see we have been outperforming Anti-Diabetes as a segment of 1.2x to 1.3x.
Having said that, post GLP, et cetera, since we are very cautious of -- in terms of -- very strategic in terms of launching GLP, excluding that, we are still outperforming.
But now GLP, since it's generic, we have taken that into base.
We are just saying excluding Tirzepatide.
So SGLT would have done better.
So 1.2x to 1.3x, we hope that we'll come back to that overall covered market that we were doing.
Kunal Dhamesha
And covered market, except for Tirzepatide, you don't think that there is meaningful change for us?
Prakash Agarwal
Yes, exactly.
Kunal Dhamesha
Okay.
And lastly, for Rajeev sir, what's driving the cautiousness around launching the GLP-1?
We have always been aggressive in terms of new product launches, right?
So why the conservatism here, let's say especially if you're doing well in some of the newer therapies of oral anti-diabetic like SGLT2 and DPP-4, why are we holding back?
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Rajeev Juneja
When we have the advantage of launching some product in the first phase in the sense that, your first three, four companies are launching and we are one of those, we surely go all out.
But somehow, when we saw that so many companies are launching, right now if you see I mean, more than 20 companies, 35-40 kind of brands are there, everything is there, oral, injectable, single.
So our thought was let this storm pass.
Let's wait sideways and see what basically happens.
And along with this, not only launching this, as a one molecule, launch it as a therapy, I mean.
So that therapy approach we have taken, it’s not a cautious approach, it is a strategical approach actually.
Why do you even put your resources in something which tomorrow is very, very competitive?
That is the thought.
And we are honestly, we are, to some sense, we are quite right in that.
So we are now working on it, we have launched two branch from two divisions, one in gynaec and one is this diabetic division along with protein, along with other supplements so that we can have, we can basically focus on the complete therapy instead of only this GLP.
Kunal Dhamesha
Okay.
I still, I mean, don't get it because, I still believe hypertension would be more competitive than GLP-1, right?
But we are there in hypertensive therapy.
So why the cautious approach since we have been always been aggressive and we have done well historically?
Rajeev Juneja
See, it's not a cautious approach, it's a strategical approach.
And maybe let the time pass, let few quarters pass, you'll see that.
Prakash Agarwal
And, Kunal, just to give a data point to you.
So five years back, Fiscal '21, our covered market was only 56%, and we were ranked 10 in anti-diabetes segment.
If I see Fiscal '26, our covered market has increased to 74% of the market, and we are ranked 7, and with a market share of 4.5%.
So there is a big change in the covered market and our ranks have also improved by three positions.
Kunal Dhamesha
And then this increase in covered market shouldn't it have accelerated our growth vis-a-vis market?
Prakash Agarwal
Yes, that's what we said.
So if you have these products and you are among the top 7, top 8 players, so you would have seen an accelerated growth with these SGLT2 and DPP-4 as launches.
Kunal Dhamesha
This is for anti-diabetic you're talking about, not for the Mankind?
Prakash Agarwal
Yes.
Yeah, yeah anti-diabetic.
Kunal Dhamesha
Okay, okay.
Yes.
So I understood that it’s...
Prakash Agarwal
Overall market in anti-diabetes has increased from 56% to 74%.
As you know, we launched insulin, DPP-4 and SGLT.
Kunal Dhamesha
Okay.
My question was more from overall market perspective, like overall, Mankind's overall domestic formulation business perspective as to have we seen a different swing in terms of the Mankind Pharma Limited July 30, 2026 covered market, which could also be one of the driver for us to be kind of missing on the IPM growth?
Prakash Agarwal
No, no. So in terms of covered market, from the IPM perspective, we have added, for example, respiratory inhalation product, which was not there.
If you see in the anti-diabetes, as I just mentioned in it insulins which was not there.
Respiratory inhalers which was not there we have added that.
Cardio, a lot of cholesterol-lowering, lipid-lowering profile products we have launched.
So there's a lot of increase in covered market.
It is also, with the focus of some of the in-licensing products.
For example, recently we had a CNS Rivotril from Roche.
So there's a lot of initiative in adding Chronic as well as specialty products to increase our covered market.
Ashutosh Dhawan
If you are referring to new launches, new launches have been softer as compared to IPM.
If you look at Q1, the new introduction, NI contribution is 2.8% as compared to IPM 4.1%.
So if you are referring to these lower growth rates, so this is one of the contributor to that.
Kunal Dhamesha
Okay.
Okay.
And IPM would include all the GLP-1s for their NI do you think?
Because yes, that has happened in the last one.
Moderator · Conference Operator
Thank you.
Next question is from Neha Manpuria.
Neha kindly announce your company name and proceed with your question.
Neha Manpuria
Yes.
Thanks for taking my questions.
This is Neha from Bank of America.
First, just an extension on the new product question.
I think we had mentioned last year that because of the change in the MR, etcetera, we weren't launching as many new products, which was one of the reasons for the lag.
So now that things are normalized, should we expect a higher launch momentum, excluding some of course, but higher launch momentum and therefore, that growth to narrow meaningfully going forward?
Or do you think that takes time to play out?
Rajeev Juneja
Sudipta, can you take this, please?
Sudipta Roy
Yes.
So if you see today, our launches are very strategic, I think what Rajeev sir has told.
We specifically launch limited products and individual products try to make it big.
So if you see in recent launches, our Vonoprazan has become number 1, which is our Vonalong.
Even in case of anti-diabetes like Empagliflozin, if you see today, it is within the top three brands of new launches.
So wherever we are launching new brands, we are making it big.
But yes, we are being selective in new launches, and that has been a very strategic move for us.
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Neha Manpuria
Understood.
And my second question is on the gross margin.
Ashutosh sir, you mentioned gross margin guidance of 71-plus percent, I think, for the full year.
Given where we are in the quarter, I understand there's some cost pressure from West Asia that we might see.
But any reason for the conservatism besides the West Asia price impact that we might see, particularly given the higher Chronic mix that we are seeing versus last year?
Ashutosh Dhawan
Sorry can you, can you please repeat the question?
I lost your last few words on that, please.
Are you referring to the conservativeness on the gross margins part?
Neha Manpuria
Yes, yes sir.
Yes, sir.
I mean other than the West Asia crisis, any other reason for us to be conservative given that our India growth is picking up.
Even within that, our Chronic share is picking up.
So it seems like the revenue mix is in our favour.
So as against the 72.5%, why the 71% guidance?
Ashutosh Dhawan
Yes.
So that's the only caveat we are putting because of the West Asia crisis.
So we are taking a conservative approach.
Neha Manpuria
All right.
Okay.
So the only reason is that and nothing else in that?
Ashutosh Dhawan
So Neha, the overall EBITDA guidance has not changed.
So we, so that's a reliable guidance of 25.5% to 26.5%.
Neha Manpuria
All right sir.
Okay.
Thank you so much.
Moderator · Conference Operator
Thank you.
Next question is from Bino Pathiparampil.
Kindly announce your company name and go ahead with your question please.
Bino Pathiparampil
Hi, good evening.
This is Bino from Elara.
Just one quick follow-up question.
Recently, you had acquired this brand Rivotril from Roche.
How big is that and what is the potential there?
Prakash Agarwal
So Rivotril, if you see the IQVIA numbers, it is in the region of INR20 crores to INR30 crores.
And we expect that it will give lot of entry to a lot of specialists because it's a textbook brand in terms of the molecule.
So we expect that the growth will start, but first, the entry to doctors is important so that we are pouring on the process and making progress in terms of meeting with the specialist doctors.
Bino Pathiparampil
Okay.
So you think it can potentially grow up to be INR100 crores, INR200 crores brand?
Is that the thought process behind your acquisition?
Prakash Agarwal
Aspiration is always there, but it will take time.
I mean these things, CNS, is the category takes time as it's a very specialist portfolio.
But aspiration is to make a gold portfolio on the CNS side as well.
Bino Pathiparampil
Got it.
Thank you.
I’ll join back the queue.
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Moderator · Conference Operator
Thank you.
Next question is from, give me a moment.
Next question is from Ritika.
Ritika, kindly announce your company name and go ahead with your question please.
Ritika, your line is, can you please unmute your line?
You're on mute.
Ritika Agarwal, kindly unmute your audio and go ahead with your question, please.
There is no response.
Prakash Agarwal
Can we take the next one.
Moderator · Conference Operator
Our next yes.
It is from Sidharth Negandhi.
Sidharth, please announce your company name and proceed with your question.
AND WHOLE-TIME DIRECTOR · MR. SUDIPTA ROY – SENIOR PRESIDENT, SALES AND
Hi, thanks for taking my question.
And glad to see green shoots of recovery.
There were certain actions that you mentioned last time that you were taking in terms of reorganization, in terms of focus.
Could you give us some metrics around attrition and around share gains or sort of outperforming certain therapies, sub-therapies that you've seen from that reorganization to help us better understand that, yes, these are green shoots of recovery.
That's question 1.
Second question is, while I understand that the cash and carry business was a dent on general trade and that channel conflict is obvious.
But if one were to stop the cash and carry business and there is a brand pull, one would see higher general trade sales.
Why is it that you did not see that come back through higher general trade sales and instead had lower growth?
Yes, those were my two questions.
Prakash Agarwal
I'll take the first one.
In terms of what are the green shoots.
So first, I'll take the acute business.
So if I just talk about Gastro from a -2.5% in Q2, we have seen sequential recovery to 6.9% in Q3, 9.2% in Q4, and now 13.6%.
Vitamin, if I see 5% moving to 8% in Q3, Q4 was 12.5% and now 19.3%.
Similarly, we have seen Gynaec moving from 6.9% to now 12.7% in Q1. Ophthalmology 6.2% in Q2 has moved to 14.9%, 18.5%, and now 17.5% in Q1. So across Acute therapies, if you see, we have seen improvement.
Our growth in acute therapy had gone down to 3.3% in Q2. We are now at par with the industry at 10.9%.
So 60% of the portfolio still is acute for us.
So now we are at par, and that's why you've seen a double-digit growth for us.
Coming to Chronic, Cardiac, we have seen improvement from 14.5% in Q2 to now 19.4% in Q1. Similarly, you have seen anti-diabetes 11.4% moving all the way to 12.7%.
Respiratory, if you see very strong growth continues in the Chronic Respiratory side, 20% plus across the last four quarters.
And Chronic has moved up from 12.2% in Q2 of last year to now 15.8%.
This overall has resulted in a 6.3% overall growth in Q2 to now 12.7% growth in Q1 of Fiscal '27.
So green shoots both in Acute and Chronic we are able to see.
And as Sheetal ji mentioned that every quarter, we are trying to improve.
AND WHOLE-TIME DIRECTOR · MR. SUDIPTA ROY – SENIOR PRESIDENT, SALES AND
Got it.
And any metric on the attrition side, whether that has improved?
How are you seeing that play out after the re-org?
Rajeev Juneja
So in the last 1.5 years, we have seen a lot of shuffling in terms of realignment, improving process, improving traction in terms of doctor visits, etcetera.
So attrition and vacancies are now Mankind Pharma Limited July 30, 2026 in control.
It has dropped significantly.
It has come back to the normal level.
And you can see the results of sequential improvement because if attrition is higher, then you can't see the improvement.
AND WHOLE-TIME DIRECTOR · MR. SUDIPTA ROY – SENIOR PRESIDENT, SALES AND
Got it.
And some colour on the consumer products business that I spoke of?
Rajeev Juneja
So consumer business, you are supposed to really understand that this market is very dynamic.
So general trade slowly and gradually is being this e-commerce and modern trade is taking share of general trade.
So we can't really even segregate that general trade is separate and e-commerce is separate.
The same consumer buys same things.
So while we, basically, took corrective action in cash and carry, on the second side, our modern trade and e-commerce have really grown a lot.
Earlier, the share was, last year, the share was 11%.
Now the share is 15%, supported by a growth of 38%.
So on one side, the growth is there, on the second side, we control certain things, and that's the reason.
Overall if I say the market has been a bit softer in consumer side.
That's the reason for that.
But again, the positive side basically is that Manforce's share in condom category, Prega News's share in pregnancy test, Gas-O-Fast in antacid have improved.
AND WHOLE-TIME DIRECTOR · MR. SUDIPTA ROY – SENIOR PRESIDENT, SALES AND
Got it.
Thank you.
And all the best.
Moderator · Conference Operator
Thank you.
Our next question is from Ritika Agarwal.
Ritika, kindly announce your company name and proceed with your question?
Ritika Agarwal
Yeah.
Hi, thank you for taking my question.
This is Ritika from ValueQuest.
My question is an extension to earlier participant's question on Semaglutide.
So earlier, we were commenting that we will be in the first wave of launch and we've also tied up.
And even at that time, the understanding was there will be 20 to 30 players launching the drug.
So what changed or maybe thought process or maybe what went wrong that we couldn't launch this drug?
Rajeev Juneja
So I mean, we never said that we were the first few companies to launch this product.
We could not launch in the first phase.
And that's one reason we took a strategical call.
And in those, where this planning was happening, we were basically having a different, our focus was basically on correcting the overall company actually.
The attrition was high, our enforced attrition was done.
We corrected a lot of things in the company.
So we thought once we correct these things, then we launch the product.
So at different times, we create different strategies, and that's how we started launching Semaglutide a bit late.
Prakash Agarwal
I just like to add because of huge competition price drop was very significant.
And since we are taking it from a partner, it doesn't make sense to do a price war.
Rather we have gone strategic.
We are promoting through top-level KOLs.
And as Rajeev ji, highlighted earlier that we are looking more from a therapy approach.
So if we just play with the price war, this will not be a profitable launch.
And just an additional information, as we mentioned, we have already launched this product into two segments.
One is Mankind Pharma Limited July 30, 2026 anti-diabetes and the second one is Gynaec.
But we expect that it will be a gradual take off for us since it's a very hypercompetitive and there's a lot of price war happening at the moment.
Ritika Agarwal
Sure.
And anything on the export side, are we looking to launch this product?
Moderator · Conference Operator
Thank you.
We have a follow-up question from Rashmi Shetty.
Rashmi, please proceed with your question.
Rashmi Shetty
Yes.
I'm audible, right?
Moderator · Conference Operator
Yes, you are.
Rashmi Shetty
Yes.
So on the export business also, we have a very strong growth this quarter.
So what is driving this growth?
And one, I think one reason you mentioned that the BSV has also grown strong.
But ex-BSV also, it is looking pretty strong.
So whether U.S. is contributing significantly or any one-off opportunities have we benefited during the quarter?
Prakash Agarwal
So as I mentioned, BSV increased by 25%.
And also U.S. has done well.
We had a couple of launches.
And if you see the currency has also held to the extent of 12% to 13%.
So put together, it is in line with our guidance of high teens in the constant currency terms.
Rashmi Shetty
So high teens, which you are talking about for both the businesses together, right, Mankind plus BSV?
Prakash Agarwal
That is correct.
Rashmi Shetty
Okay.
And earlier, we used to talk related to one Ophthal product, which used to contribute higher compared to the other products in the U.S. that was more of a one-off.
Has it seen any competition, and is it sitting in the base or it is still...
Prakash Agarwal
Right.
So last year only it came into base.
Ashutosh Dhawan
It was last to last year.
In FY25, that was in base.
So that was, the bulge was in FY25 and that normalized in FY26.
Rashmi Shetty
Okay.
Got it.
And one question to Prakash related to BSV.
For this quarter and for FY26, out of the total BSV, the proportion of domestic business, especially for FY26, I want to understand the proportion of domestic business to export ratio is high or it is lower?
Prakash Agarwal
So the ratio of domestic to international is, for last year, you are asking?
Rashmi Shetty
Yes, for FY26.
Prakash Agarwal
Yes, it's around 50-50.
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Ashutosh Dhawan
Last year.
Rashmi Shetty
50-50.
And this year also?
Prakash Agarwal
51 to be precise.
Yes.
Rashmi Shetty
Okay.
And this year also, it is expected to be in that range?
Prakash Agarwal
Similar range, plus/minus 2%.
Rashmi Shetty
Okay.
Got it.
Thank you.
Thank you so much.
Prakash Agarwal
Thank you.
Moderator · Conference Operator
We have a question from Gourav Bhama.
Kindly announce your company name and proceed with your question.
Gourav Bhama
Yeah.
Hi sir, good morning.
Gourav Bhama this side from JM Financial.
Am I audible?
Moderator · Conference Operator
Yes, go ahead.
Gourav Bhama
Yes, I just wanted to double check what was the guidance given for Consumer Healthcare 2Q onwards?
Prakash Agarwal
We have said high single-digit to double-digit.
Gourav Bhama
Thank you.
Moderator · Conference Operator
Thank you.
Next is Shirsh Sawarna.
Kindly announce your company name and proceed with your question.
Shirsh?
Shirsh Sawarna
Am I audible?
Hello?
Moderator · Conference Operator
Yes.
Please go head.
Shirsh Sawarna
Hi, I'm Shirsh.
I am from Bernstein.
I have two questions.
Firstly, can you, if I may not have understood properly, can you explain what has been the recent scenario of BSV and how is, like what exactly are we doing to integrate it properly?
And secondly, on the IPM guidance of domestic, you guys guided of around early teens.
So do you expect the IPM to also grow at that rate?
Or will you be growing above IPM?
Prakash Agarwal
Let me take your second question first.
So as per our guidance in the last call, we said that we expect sequential recovery and expect full year to be double-digit growth.
Expect Chronic to be better and also expect recovery in the Acute business, which we were able to demonstrate in Q1 also.
Coming to BSV, in terms of business side, if you see, we've always maintained that it would be run as an independent operationally, both in the domestic and international.
We have tweaked Mankind Pharma Limited July 30, 2026 in terms of a little bit on the management side, wherever required.
We have added in terms of a biotech facility.
We have enhanced the R&D biotech facility.
So those are the small changes which we have done from Mankind, but BSV as run independently by professionals.
There is a lot of initiatives that has been taken both in domestic and international business.
We highlighted that there is a lot of demand creation that is happening for large brands and these are specialist brands like Anti-D, Foligraf others.
Gynaec coverage has increased from 33,000 in Fiscal ' 25 to now 37,000.
There's a lot of IVF- related programs that has been activated.
We have more than 80% coverage in the IVF category, which is seeing a very strong growth of 35% plus.
And also, there's a lot of clinical work going on in terms of its key products, in terms of clinical trials of expanding market reach for Foligraf, which is FSH, Anti-D, which is Rhythm study and also some of the anti-allergy products, Histoglob studies.
So there's a lot of, so scientific work going on in terms of expanding the domestic business.
In International business, we are seeing increasing penetration in the existing markets.
Plus we are seeing some of the new approvals in large markets like Russia.
FSH, we recently got approval.
We're also expecting FSH approval in a couple of new markets.
And there's a lot of initiatives going on in terms of newer products in the existing markets.
That's why we've given a guidance of high-teen growth.
Shirsh Sawarna
Got it.
That's very helpful.
Just one double click on my previous question.
About the Acute, so Chronic, I understand.
But in the Acute segment, can you like specify why are we, why did we not do that well as we used to?
And how are we like going to change things in the upcoming years or quarters?
Rajeev Juneja
We have mentioned a number of times about this, that our 60% business comes from the Acute side.
In Acute, relationship and face value really matters.
And maybe, I mean, 18-months back, we did deep correction, removed approximately a good number of people we removed and changed the new people.
That’s why the recovery is there.
And whenever, I mean, there is a kind of a belief that recovery should be on a strong foundation, recovery happens gradually.
Anything happens all of a sudden, very fast, we don't believe in that.
So you can see quarter-by-quarter, things are really improving, and we are quite happy with our performance.
We don't expect, I mean, Mankind always believes that prescription is sales.
That's all.
Our policies are like this that last week sales should not be there.
Normally first week sales will be very good.
So we believe in all those processes.
So and whatever we basically have said that we never said in last couple of quarters that we'll be beating the IPM.
We said that we'll have this kind of a growth.
Our forecast even this year is double-digit growth would be there.
We'll be having this EBITDA of 25.5% to 26.6%.
And aspiration is to come Mankind Pharma Limited July 30, 2026 back to where we were a few years back.
For a good number of years, we basically have beaten IPM to 1.7x, a good number of years, 1.3x to 1.4x.
So once you have this kind of a track record, you want to come back to that side.
It takes time.
We are not in a hurry, but we feel that as every quarter would pass, things will improve.
And things are on track.
Look at from the volume-wise, new product-wise, as a whole.
Shirsh Sawarna
Got it.
Thank you.
Moderator · Conference Operator
Thank you.
I now hand the conference over to the management for closing comments.
Over to you sir.
Prakash Agarwal
Thank you.
For any further queries or clarifications, please reach out to us on [identifier removed].
Have a nice day.
Moderator · Conference Operator
Thank you, members of the management team.
On behalf of Mankind Pharma, that concludes this meeting.
Thank you for joining us, and you may now exit the meeting.
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