Read more about Healthcare shares slide on Business Standard. Healthcare stocks were trading with losses, with the S&P BSE Healthcare index falling 113.35 points or 0.51% at 22268.45 at 13:48 IST.
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Puri, who led HDFC Bank since its inception over 25 years ago, retired in October 2020, after a highly successful career which has made the bank the largest among private sector lenders.
Former HDFC Bank managing director Aditya Puri has joined global pharma major Strides Group as an advisor and will also serve as a director of its associate company Stelis Biopharma. Eminent corporate doyen Aditya Puri joins the Strides Group as an advisor and also will be a director of its associate company, Stelis Biopharma, Strides Pharma Science Ltd said in a regulatory filing.
Strides Pharma Science said Puri s appointment to the Stelis board comes at an exciting juncture for the company as it transitions from its incubation phase to a consolidation and growth phase to establish itself as a partner of choice globally with the aim of bringing world-class treatments at affordable costs to patients in both emerging and developed markets.
Healthcare stocks were trading in red, with the S&P BSE Healthcare index decreasing 125.64 points or 0.57% at 21981.04 at 13:48 IST. Among the components of the S&P BSE Healthcare index, Vimta Labs Ltd (down 4.1%), Gufic BioSciences Ltd (down 3.55%),Sun Pharma Advanced Research Company Ltd (down 3.47%),Lupin Ltd (down 3.37%),Syngene International Ltd (down 2.58%), were the top losers. Among the other losers were Take Solutions Ltd (down 2.56%), Strides Pharma Science Ltd (down 2.4%), Alembic Pharmaceuticals Ltd (down 2.28%), Alembic Ltd (down 1.92%), and Piramal Enterprises Ltd (down 1.87%). On the other hand, Shalby Ltd (up 4.36%), Albert David Ltd (up 4.03%), and Fortis Healthcare Ltd (up 3.12%) turned up.
At 13:48 IST, the S&P BSE Sensex was down 277.53 or 0.57% at 48160.25.