MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report No. :

316746

Report Date :

15.04.2015

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

INDIES PHARMA JAMAICA LIMITED

 

 

Registered Office :

Unit 5, Montego Bay Montego Bay, St James

 

 

Country :

Jamaica

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

27.06.1905

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

68041

 

 

Legal Form :

Limited Company

 

 

Line of Business :

Drugs and Druggists' Sundries Merchant Wholesalers

 

 

No. of Employee :

37

 

RATING & COMMENTS

 

MIRA’s Rating :

Ba

 

RATING

STATUS

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

41-55

Ba

Overall operation is considered normal. Capable to meet normal commitments.

Satisfactory

 

Status :

Satisfactory

Payment Behaviour :

No complaints

Litigation :

Clear

 

NOTES :

Any query related to this report can be made on e-mail : infodept@mirainform.com while quoting report number, name and date.

 

 

ECGC Country Risk Classification List – December 31, 2014

 

Country Name

Previous Rating

(30.09.2014)

Current Rating

(31.12.2014)

Jamaica

B1

B1

 

Risk Category

ECGC Classification

Insignificant

 

A1

Low

 

A2

Moderate

 

B1

High

 

B2

Very High

 

C1

Restricted

 

C2

Off-credit

 

D

 

 

JAMAICA - ECONOMIC OVERVIEW

 

The Jamaican economy is heavily dependent on services, which accounts for more than 70% of GDP. The country continues to derive most of its foreign exchange from tourism, remittances, and bauxite/alumina. Remittances and tourism each account for 30% of GDP, while bauxite/alumina exports make up roughly 5% of GDP. The bauxite/alumina sector was most affected by the global downturn while the tourism industry and remittance flow remained resilient. Jamaica's economy faces many challenges to growth: high crime and corruption, large-scale unemployment and underemployment, and a debt-to-GDP ratio of about 130%. The attendant debt servicing cost consumes a large portion of the government's budget, limiting its ability to fund the critical infrastructure and social programs required to drive growth. Jamaica's economic growth rate in the recent past has been stagnant, averaging less than 1% per year for over 20 years. Jamaica's onerous public debt burden is largely the result of government bailouts to ailing sectors of the economy, most notably to the financial sector. In early 2010, the Jamaican Government initiated the Jamaica Debt Exchange to retire high-priced domestic bonds and reduce annual debt servicing. Despite these efforts, debt continued to be a serious concern, forcing the government to negotiate and sign a new IMF agreement in May 2013 to gain access to approximately $1 billion additional funds. As a precursor, the government instigated a second National Debt Exchange in 2012. The IMF deal requires the government to reform its tax system, eliminate discretionary tax exemptions and waivers, and achieve an annual surplus of 7.5%, excluding debt payments, to reduce its debt below 100% of GDP by 2020. The SIMPSON-MILLER administration now faces the difficult prospect of having to achieve fiscal discipline to maintain debt payments while simultaneously attacking a serious crime problem that is hampering economic growth. High unemployment exacerbates the crime problem, including gang violence that is fueled by the drug trade.

Source : CIA

 

STATUTORY INFORMATION

                                                                           

Order:

INDIES PHARMA JAMAICA LIMITED

Address in the order:

UNIT-5 MONTEGO BAY TRADE CENTER,    HOWARD COOKE BLVD. MONTEGO BAY JAMAICA

Legal Name:

Indies Pharma Jamaica Limited

Trade Name:

Indies Pharma

Reg Number:

68041

Date Created:

2005

Date Incorporated:

27/06/1905

Legal Address:

Unit 5, Montego Bay
Montego Bay, St James, Jamaica

Operative Address:

Unit 5, Montego Bay
Montego Bay, St James, Jamaica

Telephone:

(876) 940-7984

Fax:

(876) 940-7984

Legal Form:

Limited Company

Email:

operations@indiespharma.com

Registered in:

Jamaica

Website:

www.indiespharma.com

Contact:

Dr. Guna S. Muppuri, CEO

Staff:

37

Activity:

Drugs and Druggists' Sundries Merchant Wholesalers

BANKS

Central Bank of Jamaica

 

The company does not make its banking data public.

 

 

HISTORY

                                                                           

The company started its operations with 6 basic prescription drug presentations in 2005. Now, it has approximately more than hundred (100) drug presentations in the market. While the company has filed for over 350 drugs for licensing at the Ministry of Health in Jamaica with all the licenses on hand the company intends to secure at least a 10% share of the current Jamaican pharmaceutical market, which is estimated to be between US$100 and US$120 million per annum.

 

 

 

 

PRINCIPAL ACTIVITY

                                                                           

 

Indies Pharma has started its activities as a vertically integrated company offering its consulting, regulatory & intellectual property services in addition to its marketing and distribution services to its overseas pharmaceutical manufacturers. Initially, it was promoting the third party brand names but strategically and eventually graduated to develop its own brand equity by securing the intellectual property and trademarks.

Products/Services description:

Some of their various products:

ANTI-HYPERTENSIVE
CIRCULATION & ANTI-THROMBOTIC
ANTI-CHOLESTEROL
VENOUS CIRCULATION & HEMORRHOIDS
GASTRO-INTESTINAL
ANTI-DIABETES
ANTIBIOTICS ORAL
ANTIBIOTICS INJECTIONS
ANTIVIRAL PREPARATIONS
ANTIBIOTICS TOPICAL (Skin)
ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS - SYSTEMIC & TOPICAL
DERMATOLOGY & ANTI ACNE
NSAIDS & ANTIPYRETIC
RESPIRATORY / ENT & ALLERGIES
COUGH & COLD - OTC'S
OPHTHALMOLOGY (Eye Drops)
VAGINAL PREPARATIONS
APPETITE STIMULANTS
HEMATINICS & VITAMINS
NEUROLOGICAL
ANTI-PSYCHIATRY
STEROIDS & HORMONES & CONTRACEPTIVES
CONTRAST MEDIA FOR RADIOLOGY
BIOTECHNOLOGY / BIOSIMILARS

 

Brand Equity Building: Parted for perpetuity with Bioprist Pharmaceuticals, an independent affiliated of Indies Pharma this maiden partnership focuses on brand equity building where Indies Pharma will be the local custodian of BIOPRIST branded drug formulations to be marketed, distributed and sold in Jamaica.

FMCG (Fast moving consumer goods) Segment: Indies Pharma partnered with an independent brand owner company for perpetuity to market, Indies Pharma distributes and sells their beverages brand, dental products & herbal supplements in the island of Jamaica.

Brands:

BIOPRIST
CIPROX
CLARIM
CORTINASE
ENATEC
EPILANTIN
FLEXIM
FLUCOS
FLUTICA
LANCID
OCULLERG
MAMOFEN
MOMENASE
NORSAL
PENTOXY
PROTOGEM
SINACOLD

Sales are:

Wholesale

Clients:

The customers of Indies Pharma range from approximately 400 private sector retail pharmacies, Stocking Doctors, Public Sector Pharmacies and Clinics in addition to the Government Institutions.

Suppliers:

Indies Pharma Ja Ltd, currently distributes most products supplied under its Principal's brand names and in the process the company has engaged itself with approximately 27 reputed contract manufacturing pharmaceutical companies spanning from Bangladesh, India, Europe and USA.

 

TORRENT PHARMACEUTICALS LTD.
India

CENTAUR PHARMACEUTICALS PVT. LTD.
India

COSME PHARMA LIMITED
India

GENO PHARMACEUTICALS LTD.
India

Operations area:

National

The company imports from

India mainly

The company exports to

No exports

The subject employs

37 employees

Payments:

Regular

                                                                           

                                                                           

LOCATION

                                                                           

Headquarters :

Unit 5, Montego Bay
Montego Bay, St James, Jamaica

 

50,000-square-foot warehouse

Branches:

The company does not have branches

Industry:

Companies in this industry manufacture and process pharmaceutical products.

 

Demand for pharmaceuticals is driven by the desire to cure illness and disease. The profitability of individual companies depends on their ability to discover and market new drugs. Large companies benefit from their economies of scale in research, manufacturing, and marketing. Small companies can compete effectively by specializing in drugs that target one or two specific ailments and by partnering with larger drugmakers.

 

Drugs are chemicals with beneficial biological activity. Modern drug development is an outgrowth of recent research into the specific causes of illness and disease, coupled with advances in chemistry and industrial technology that allow scientists to manufacture chemicals to improve these conditions. 

                                                                           

                                                                           

GROUP STRUCTURE AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES      

 

Listed at the stock exchange:

NO

Capital:

J$10 million (estimated)

Shareholders %:

This is a private company founded by Guna Sekhar Muppuri, who is currently its major holder.

Management:

Ramesh B. Peramsetty, Director
Guna Sekhar Muppuri, Director
Ravidaj Yanamandala, President

Related Companies:

Bioprist drug formulation brands are currently marketed and distributed in Jamaica by its own independent subsidiary "Indies Pharma Jamaica Limited".

                                                                           

                                                                           

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

 

This is a private company which does not make its financial statements public.  The following information is estimated:

 

 

Revenue USD

 

2013

 US$30 million and US$50 million

 

 

LEGAL FILINGS

                                                                           

There are no legal for the subject

 

 

 

                                                                           

SUMMARY

                                                                           

Indies Pharma has started its activities as a vertically integrated company offering its consulting, regulatory & intellectual property services in addition to its marketing and distribution services to its overseas pharmaceutical manufacturers.

 

The company has a small sized strute and has 10 years of experience in the market.

 

It Works with well knwown pharmaceutical brands and mainly imports from India.

 

The company is well established in business without negative.

 

 

RISK INFORMATION  

 

DEBTS

Controlled

PAYMENTS

Regular

CASH FLOW

Normal

STATUS

ACTIVE


 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

Currency

Unit

Indian Rupees

US Dollar

1

Rs.62.39

UK Pound

1

Rs.91.06

Euro

1

Rs.66.16

 

INFORMATION DETAILS

 

Analysis Done by :

KAR

 

 

Report Prepared by :

SDA

 

RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

RATING

STATUS

 

 

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

>86

Aaa

Possesses an extremely sound financial base with the strongest capability for timely payment of interest and principal sums

 

Unlimited

71-85

Aa

Possesses adequate working capital. No caution needed for credit transaction. It has above average (strong) capability for payment of interest and principal sums

 

Large

56-70

A

Financial & operational base are regarded healthy. General unfavourable factors will not cause fatal effect. Satisfactory capability for payment of interest and principal sums

 

Fairly Large

41-55

Ba

Overall operation is considered normal. Capable to meet normal commitments.

 

Satisfactory

26-40

B

Capability to overcome financial difficulties seems comparatively below average.

 

Small

11-25

Ca

Adverse factors are apparent. Repayment of interest and principal sums in default or expected to be in default upon maturity

 

Limited with full security

<10

C

Absolute credit risk exists. Caution needed to be exercised

 

 

Credit not recommended

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NB

                                       New Business

 

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This score serves as a reference to assess SC’s credit risk and to set the amount of credit to be extended. It is calculated from a composite of weighted scores obtained from each of the major sections of this report. The assessed factors and their relative weights (as indicated through %) are as follows:

 

Financial condition (40%)            Ownership background (20%)                  Payment record (10%)

Credit history (10%)                   Market trend (10%)                                Operational size (10%)

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