** Shares of Sanofi India SANO.NS and Dr Reddy's
Laboratories REDY.NS up 1.8% and 1.4%, respectively
** REDY, SANO partnered for distribution in India of SANO's
vaccines
** SANO opened 3% higher before trimming some gains
** SANO closed 3.3% higher on Wednesday on distribution
partnership with Cipla CIPL.NS ; that was stock's best day
since Feb. 19
** REDY and SANO among top gainers on Nifty Pharma index
.NIPHARM , which is up 0.2%
** REDY on track for third straight weekly drop if trend
holds; SANO on track to snap four straight weekly losses
(Reporting by Varun Vyas in Bengaluru)
((varunvyas.hebbalalu@thomsonreuters.com))