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Piramal Pharma Limited Announces Results for Q4 and Full-year FY26

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MUMBAI, India, April 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Piramal Pharma Limited (NSE: PPLPHARMA | BSE: 543635), a leading global pharmaceutical, health and wellness company, today announced its standalone and consolidated results for the Fourth Quarter (Q4) and Full-year ended 31st March 2026.

Consolidated Financial Highlights

(in ₹ Crores or as stated)

Particulars

Q4FY26

Q4FY25

YoY %

FY26

FY25

YoY %

Revenue from Operations

2,752

2,754

(0) %

8,869

9,151

(3) %

   CDMO

1,708

1,788

(4) %

4,915

5,447

(10) %

   CHG

755

705

7 %

2,703

2,633

3 %

   PCH

320

274

17 %

1,274

1,093

17 %

EBITDA

507

603

(16) %

1,135

1,580

(28) %

EBITDA Margin

18 %

22 %

13 %

17 %

PAT Before Expectational Item

167

154

9 %

(130)

91

NM

Exceptional Item1

(176)

NM

(196)

NM

PAT After Expectational Item

(9)

154

NM

(326)

91

NM

1. During the quarter, the management has recognized an impairment loss of ₹. 176Cr in relation to intangible assets under development. Based on a reassessment incorporating changes in market conditions and updated commercial viability estimates, management concluded that the probable future economic benefits from the asset are no longer expected to be adequate to justify further capital deployment.  Accordingly, the carrying amount has been written down in full.

Key Highlights

Revenue – Growth was impacted by inventory destocking, slower early-stage order inflows in H1FY26, and softer traction in inhalation anesthesia across ex‑US markets. Adjusted for inventory destocking, we delivered YoY growth in Q4 and FY26.EBITDA Margin – Despite lower revenues, impact on EBITDA was partly offset by our efforts towards cost optimization and operational excellence.Capex – US$94Mn invested in FY26 across growth and maintenance projects. Lexington and Riverview expansions on track. Seeing good customer interest.Net Debt – No increase over FY25.

Nandini Piramal, Chairperson, Piramal Pharma Limited said, “FY26 was a transitional year, shaped by external disruptions and certain business-specific factors. Despite these challenges, we exited the year on a stronger note, with clear momentum across all our businesses. The meaningful recovery in biopharma funding seen from Sep’25,  is translating into good RFP momentum and healthy pick up in order inflows in our  CDMO business. In the CHG business, the recently completed Kenalog® acquisition alongside ramp up of inhalation anesthesia sales in ex-US markets are expected to be key growth drivers. Our Consumer Healthcare business is also well positioned to sustain its growth momentum with margin improvement driven by Power Brands and rapid growth in e‑commerce.

Overall, all three businesses are well positioned to deliver growth in FY27, accompanied by accelerated growth in EBITDA and PAT.”

Key Business Highlights

Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO):

Healthy traction in RFPs and order inflows in H2FY26 driven by stronger US biopharma funding (up YoY 75% in H2FY26, 30% in FY26) and M&A activity. (Industry Source)Overseas sites seeing rising demand from shifting customer geographical preferences and strong growth in differentiated areas such as ADC, HP API, on‑shore injectables and drug product capabilities.US$90Mn Capex on track to scale sterile injectable and payload-linker capacities at Lexington and Riverview sites.Net Promoter Score of 60 – surpassing industry average. Meaningful improvement in execution with stronger performance across key operational matrices, driven by our operational excellence initiatives.209 customer site audits in FY26 vs. 165 in FY25 — highest ever. Reflecting heightened customer engagement, deeper technical interactions, and the growing complexity of programs we support.Maintained our Best-in-Class Quality Track Record – Successfully closed 38 regulatory inspections, including 3 USFDA inspections in FY26. Continue to maintain our ‘Zero OAI’ status.

Complex Hospital Generics (CHG):

Completed Kenalog® acquisition

– Upfront consideration of US$35Mn, and contingent consideration of up to US$65Mn.
– Broadens CHG portfolio, adds revenues with minimal incremental cost, and expands presence in US, Europe & Asia Pacific.
– Niche brand with complex manufacturing process. EBITDA margins in line with CHG business.

Inhalation Anesthesia (IA) 

– Continue to maintain leadership with 47% market share – up from 45% in Mar’24. (Source:- IQVIA)
– Initiated Sevoflurane supplies from lower cost Digwal facility in select RoW markets. Expect traction to build going ahead.

Intrathecal Therapy – Maintained our #1 Rank in intrathecal Baclofen segment in the US. (Source:- IQVIA)Injectable Pain Management – Continue to work with our supplier to resolve supply constraints.

Piramal Consumer Healthcare (PCH):

Power Brands continued growth momentum with 24% YoY growth in FY26, contributing 52% to PCH sales. Little’s, Lacto Calamine, CIR, and i-range remained primary driver of growth.New Product Launches – Fewer, high‑potential product launches with better success rates. Launched 31 new products and SKU in FY26. Focus on premiumization of portfolio.E-commerce sales grew at 48% rate YoY in FY26, contributing about 27% to PCH sales. Evolve product mix toward premium offerings and high margin channel (e.g. quick commerce).Invested about 12% of PCH sales on Media and Trade Promotion in FY26. Optimizing the media mix – Social Media, Television, Influencers, etc.

Consolidated Profit and Loss Statement

(in ₹ Crores or as stated)

Particulars

Quarterly

Full-year

Q4FY26

Q4FY25

YoY  %

Q3FY26

QoQ  %

FY26

FY25

YoY  %

Revenue from Operations

2,752

2,754

(0) %

2,140

29 %

8,869

9,151

(3) %

Other Income

46

42

10 %

43

7 %

213

135

58 %

Total Income

2,798

2,796

0 %

2,183

28 %

9,082

9,286

(2) %

Material Cost

1,056

955

11 %

786

34 %

3,239

3,232

0 %

Employee Expenses

586

612

(4) %

600

(2) %

2,416

2,307

5 %

Other Expenses

650

626

4 %

558

16 %

2,293

2,167

6 %

EBITDA

507

603

(16) %

239

112 %

1,135

1,580

(28) %

Interest Expenses

83

104

(20) %

89

(7) %

341

422

(19) %

Depreciation

218

243

(10) %

213

3 %

831

816

2 %

Share of Net Profit of Associates

14

16

(16) %

10

32 %

57

73

(22) %

Profit Before Tax

219

273

(20) %

(53)

NM

20

415

(95) %

Tax

52

119

(57) %

42

22 %

150

324

(54) %

Net Profit after Tax

167

154

9 %

(95)

NM

(130)

91

NM

Exceptional item1

(176)

NM

(41)

NM

(196)

NM

Net Profit after Tax after Exceptional Item

(9)

154

NM

(136)

NM

(326)

91

NM

During the quarter, the management has recognized an impairment loss of Rs. 176Cr in relation to intangible assets under development. Based on a reassessment incorporating changes in market conditions and updated commercial viability estimates, management concluded that the probable future economic benefits from the asset are no longer expected to be adequate to justify further capital deployment.  Accordingly, the carrying amount has been written down in full.

Consolidated Balance Sheet

(in ₹ Cr.)

   Key Balance Sheet Items

As at

31-Mar-26

31-Mar-25

Total Equity

8,162

8,125

Net Debt

4,140

4,199

Total

12,302

12,324

Net Fixed Assets

9,784

9,110

    Tangible Assets

4,843

4,534

    Intangible Assets including goodwill

3,841

3,599

    CWIP (including IAUD2)

1,100

977

Net Working Capital

2,057

2,798

Other Assets3

462

416

Total Assets

12,302

12,324

2. IAUD – Intangible Assets Under Development; 3. Other Assets include Investments and Deferred Tax Assets (Net)

Earnings Conference Call

Piramal Pharma Limited will be hosting a conference call for investors / analysts on 29th April 2026 from 9:30 AM to 10:15 AM (IST) to discuss its Q4 and full-year FY26 Results.

The dial-in details for the call are as under:

Event

Location & Time

Telephone Number

Conference call on 29th April 2026

India – 09:30 AM IST

+91 22 6280 1461 / +91 22 7115 8320 (Primary Number)

1 800 120 1221 (Toll free number)

USA – 12:00 AM

(Eastern Time – New York)

Toll free number

18667462133

UK – 05:00 AM

(London Time)

Toll free number

08081011573

Singapore – 12:00 PM

(Singapore Time)

Toll free number

8001012045

Hong Kong – 12:00 PM

(Hong Kong Time)

Toll free number

800964448

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About Piramal Pharma Limited:

Piramal Pharma Limited (PPL, NSE: PPLPHARMA I BSE: 543635), offers a portfolio of differentiated products and services through its 171 global development and manufacturing facilities and a global distribution network in over 100 countries. PPL includes Piramal Pharma Solutions (PPS), an integrated contract development and manufacturing organization; Piramal Critical Care (PCC), a complex hospital generics business; and Piramal Consumer Healthcare (PCH) business, selling over-the-counter consumer and wellness products. In addition, one of PPL’s associate companies, Abbvie Therapeutics India Private Limited, a joint venture between Abbvie and PPL, has emerged as one of the market leaders in the ophthalmology therapy area in the Indian pharma market. Further, PPL has a strategic minority investment in Yapan Bio Private Limited, that operates in the biologics / bio-therapeutics and vaccine segments.

For more information, visit:  Piramal Pharma | LinkedIn

1. Includes one facility via PPL’s minority investment in Yapan Bio.

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Chef Robotics Physical AI Models Can Now Automate Baked Goods Packing

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SAN FRANCISCO, April 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Chef Robotics, a leader in physical AI for the food industry, today announced that Chef robots can now automate tray assembly for baked goods packing. The application places baked products, such as burger buns, chocolate chip cookies, biscotti, butter cookies, biscuits, fortune cookies, granola bars, rusks, and shortbreads into trays and packaging containers before sealing.

Watch Chef robots in action.

Baked goods packing has historically been difficult to automate for high-mix production. Each item behaves differently on the production line—a granola bar compresses under the wrong grip, while a biscotti or rusk can crack if placed at the wrong angle. Surface textures range from glazed and smooth to crumbly and irregular, and strict presentation requirements leave little room for error. This variability has made it challenging for automation systems to reliably handle baked goods at production speeds, leaving food manufacturers dependent on manual labor and traditional bakery equipment.

To address this, Chef built its baked goods packing application on its existing piece-picking capability, which uses Chef’s AI-powered computer vision and physical AI models trained across diverse real-world production environments. This allows Chef robots to assess each item’s position, shape, and orientation in real time and determine how to pick the items from the pan and place them quickly and precisely without damaging them.

The baked goods packing application supports four distinct placement capabilities.

First, Chef’s vision system detects the angle at which each item sits in the pan and reorients it after picking, placing it on the tray at the exact angle required, regardless of its original position, enabling retail-ready presentation for SKUs that require precise angular placement.

Second, Chef robots can place multiple baked goods into the same packaging container in a single automated pass, completing full tray assembly without manual intervention.

Third, for packaging containers with multiple small compartments, Chef robots can precisely place items into each designated section, including multiple items in the same compartment, using Chef’s AI vision model to detect compartment positions and orientations in real time.

Fourth, Chef’s vision system identifies the exact center of each tray and places every item at a predefined offset from that center, ensuring a uniform, consistent arrangement across every pack regardless of how trays arrive on the conveyor.

For food manufacturers evaluating bakery systems and baked goods packaging automation, the application offers higher throughput, reduced labor dependency, and consistent presentation across shifts. The capability runs on Chef’s existing robotic hardware and software, allowing manufacturers to deploy it without requiring any changes to their production lines.

Chef’s baked goods packing application is available in the U.S., Canada, Germany, and the UK and is included as part of Chef’s robotics-as-a-service (RaaS) pricing model.

About Chef Robotics
Chef is the first company to have commercialized a scalable AI-driven food robotics solution. With over 104 million servings made in production, Chef leverages ChefOS, an AI platform for food manipulation, to offer a Robotics-as-a-Service solution that helps industry-leading food companies increase production volume and meet demand. Headquartered in San Francisco, CA, Chef aims to empower humans to do what humans do best by accelerating the advent of intelligent machines. Visit https://chefrobotics.ai to learn more.

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SAN FRANCISCO, April 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Chef Robotics, a leader in physical AI for the food industry, today announced that Chef robots can now automate tray assembly for baked goods packing. The application places baked products, such as burger buns, chocolate chip cookies, biscotti, butter cookies, biscuits, fortune cookies, granola bars, rusks, and shortbreads into trays and packaging containers before sealing.

Watch Chef robots in action.

Baked goods packing has historically been difficult to automate for high-mix production. Each item behaves differently on the production line—a granola bar compresses under the wrong grip, while a biscotti or rusk can crack if placed at the wrong angle. Surface textures range from glazed and smooth to crumbly and irregular, and strict presentation requirements leave little room for error. This variability has made it challenging for automation systems to reliably handle baked goods at production speeds, leaving food manufacturers dependent on manual labor and traditional bakery equipment.

To address this, Chef built its baked goods packing application on its existing piece-picking capability, which uses Chef’s AI-powered computer vision and physical AI models trained across diverse real-world production environments. This allows Chef robots to assess each item’s position, shape, and orientation in real time and determine how to pick the items from the pan and place them quickly and precisely without damaging them.

The baked goods packing application supports four distinct placement capabilities.

First, Chef’s vision system detects the angle at which each item sits in the pan and reorients it after picking, placing it on the tray at the exact angle required, regardless of its original position, enabling retail-ready presentation for SKUs that require precise angular placement.

Second, Chef robots can place multiple baked goods into the same packaging container in a single automated pass, completing full tray assembly without manual intervention.

Third, for packaging containers with multiple small compartments, Chef robots can precisely place items into each designated section, including multiple items in the same compartment, using Chef’s AI vision model to detect compartment positions and orientations in real time.

Fourth, Chef’s vision system identifies the exact center of each tray and places every item at a predefined offset from that center, ensuring a uniform, consistent arrangement across every pack regardless of how trays arrive on the conveyor.

For food manufacturers evaluating bakery systems and baked goods packaging automation, the application offers higher throughput, reduced labor dependency, and consistent presentation across shifts. The capability runs on Chef’s existing robotic hardware and software, allowing manufacturers to deploy it without requiring any changes to their production lines.

Chef’s baked goods packing application is available in the U.S., Canada, Germany, and the UK and is included as part of Chef’s robotics-as-a-service (RaaS) pricing model.

About Chef Robotics
Chef is the first company to have commercialized a scalable AI-driven food robotics solution. With over 104 million servings made in production, Chef leverages ChefOS, an AI platform for food manipulation, to offer a Robotics-as-a-Service solution that helps industry-leading food companies increase production volume and meet demand. Headquartered in San Francisco, CA, Chef aims to empower humans to do what humans do best by accelerating the advent of intelligent machines. Visit https://chefrobotics.ai to learn more.

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New investment underscores the company’s long-term commitment to Korea and its leading role in the global semiconductor industry 

LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa., April 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Air Products (NYSE:APD), a world-leading industrial gases company and serving Samsung globally, today announced it has been selected by Samsung to supply industrial gases for its new advanced semiconductor fab in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea.

Under the agreement, Air Products will build, own and operate multiple state-of-the-art production facilities and a bulk specialty gas supply system to supply nitrogen, oxygen, argon, and hydrogen for Samsung’s new semiconductor fab. The new facilities are expected to come onstream in multiple phases from 2028 through 2030.

Air Products has a long track record of executing multiple phase expansions in Pyeongtaek to support Samsung’s growing manufacturing needs. This latest project represents Air Products’ largest investment to date in the semiconductor industry and will establish Pyeongtaek as the company’s single largest operations site globally supporting the electronics industry. 

“Air Products is honored to be selected once again by Samsung and to have their continued confidence as a trusted partner supporting their strategic growth plans,” said SR Kim, President, Air Products Korea. “This significant investment reinforces Air Products’ role as a leading global supplier to the semiconductor industry and underscores our long-standing commitment to supporting our strategic customers with safety, reliability, efficiency and excellent service.”

Air Products has served the global electronics industry for more than 40 years, supplying industrial gases safely and reliably to many of the world’s leading technology companies. The company has operated in Korea for more than 50 years and has established a strong position in electronics and manufacturing sectors.

About Air Products

Air Products (NYSE: APD) is a world-leading industrial gases company in operation for over 85 years focused on serving energy, environmental, and emerging markets and generating a cleaner future. The Company supplies essential industrial gases, related equipment and applications expertise to customers in dozens of industries, including refining, chemicals, metals, electronics, manufacturing, medical and food. As the leading global supplier of hydrogen, Air Products also develops, engineers, builds, owns and operates some of the world’s largest clean hydrogen projects, supporting the transition to low- and zero-carbon energy in the industrial and heavy-duty transportation sectors. Through its sale of equipment businesses, the Company also provides turbomachinery, membrane systems and cryogenic containers globally.

Air Products had fiscal 2025 sales of $12 billion from operations in approximately 50 countries. For more information, visit airproducts.com or follow us on LinkedInXFacebook or Instagram.

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