Sawai’s Japan Core Profit Tumbles 39% As Upsher-Smith Continues Revival

Company Seeing Fewer Limits On Shipments But Still Facing Japan Headwinds

Sawai’s Q1 momentum spread into its overall first half financial results, with setbacks and risks in its dominant Japanese business and greener shoots for its formerly spluttering Upsher-Smith operation in the US.

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Sawai must improve its fortunes in Japan before next price cuts • Source: Shutterstock

Being able to shift more drugs in its native Japan previously subject to shipment limitations was not enough for Sawai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. to overcome more dominant factors affecting its business in the six months to 30 September, as Japanese sales slid by 6.6% to ¥77.3bn ($550m) in the company’s 2022/2023 financial first half.

On the other hand, Sawai continued to enjoy a turnaround in fortunes for its US-based Upsher-Smith operation, which saw revenues...

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