Morepen Labs forms new subsidiary for medical devices

New Delhi: Morepen Laboratories Limited has announced carving out its point of care (POC) Medical Devices business into a newly incorporated wholly owned subsidiary, Morepen Devices Limited.

The shareholders have given their approval for the same on 28th September 2021 in the 36th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Company. The transfer of the business would happen as per terms of the Business Transfer Agreement to be signed between both the companies.

The Medical Devices (POC) business of the company has been delivering exponential growth for past many years. A stupendous growth of 71% was recorded in the previous financial year ending March 2021. The growth trends are being continued in Q1 FY'22 wherein POC business recorded a spectacular growth of 187%. Growing concerns for heath have pushed the average usage and consumption of diagnostics devices in every household multiple folds during last one and half year. It has been reflected in huge growth in sales revenues particularly last two years. The company expects the growth drivers will continue fuelling the higher consumption levels in the coming times.

"While the growth is stupendous, we believe this is only the tip of the iceberg. The Indian POC market is expected to touch US$ 16 billion by 2025 and we want to be the No 1 POC player in India with a very large part of our manufacturing being "Made in India", said Anubhav Suri, CEO, Medical Devices Business.

Mr. Anubhav Suri further added that the global POC market is expected to cross US$ 51 billion by 2025 and Morepen Devices is rightly placed to grab this opportunity by focusing on backward integration and cost leadership.

Sushil Suri, Chairman and Managing Director, said "Our POC Diagnostic business has surpassed even our own expectations and is gaining bigger share year after year in the total revenue of the company. Given that the business is scaling up so rapidly with the mainstreaming of POC business in India, we have to carve out a separate subsidiary both for building specialised teams to handle such scale and POC business unique skill sets."