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Please find enclosed a Press Release on "Dr.
Reddy's Laboratories enters into a Licensing Agreement with Gilead Sciences for Remdesivir."
This is for your information.
| /s/ Sandeep Poddar | |
| Sandeep Poddar | |
| Company Secretary |
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Laboratories enters into a Licensing Agreement
Sciences for Remdesivir
Hyderabad, India and Princeton, NJ, USA. June 13, 2020 - "Dr.
Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (BSE: 500124, NSE: DRREDDY, NYSE: RDY, along with its subsidiaries together referred to as "Dr.
Reddy's") today announced that it has entered into a non-exclusive Licensing Agreement with Gilead Sciences, Inc. (Gilead)
that will grant Dr. Reddy's the right to register, manufacture and sell Gilead's investigational drug, Remdesivir,
a potential treatment for Covid-19, in 127 countries including India.
Dr. Reddy's will receive technology transfer from Gilead for
manufacturing of this drug. Dr. Reddy's would need to do the manufacturing scale up and obtain regulatory approval for marketing
of this drug in respective countries.
Remdesivir, an investigational antiviral therapy developed by Gilead,
received Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) to treat Covid-19.
About Dr. Reddy's: Dr. Reddy's Laboratories
Ltd. (BSE: 500124, NSE: DRREDDY, NYSE: RDY) is an integrated pharmaceutical company, committed to providing affordable and innovative
medicines for healthier lives. Through its three businesses - Pharmaceutical Services & Active Ingredients, Global Generics
and Proprietary Products - Dr. Reddy's offers a portfolio of products and services including APIs, custom pharmaceutical
services, generics, biosimilars and differentiated formulations. Our major therapeutic areas of focus are gastrointestinal, cardiovascular,
diabetology, oncology, pain management and dermatology. Dr. Reddy's operates in markets across the globe. Our major markets
include - USA, India, Russia & CIS countries, and Europe. For more information, log on to: www.drreddys.com
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