** India's Orchid Pharma ORCD.NS locked in 5% upper
circuit for fourth consecutive session
** Stock up 23.7% in five days, on course for longest
winning streak of 2025
** Company's Alathur API facility successfully completed US
FDA inspection, remains India's only US regulator-approved
facility for antibiotic drug Sterile Cephalosporins, it said
after market hours on February 19
** Stock still down around 28% so far in February on poor Q3
earnings and overall weakness in pharma .NIPHARM stocks
** API and formulations maker down 44% so far in 2025 vs
13.5% drop in .NIPHARM
(Reporting by Vivek Kumar M)
((VivekKumar.M@thomsonreuters.com;))