India's Shilpa Medicare surges to nearly 8-year high on successful drug trial
** Shares of Shilpa Medicare SHME.NS rise 9.5% to 764.2
rupees, highest since Dec. 26, 2016
** Set for third-best day so far in 2024
** Co says phase 3 studies of drug for treatment of
nonalcoholic fatty liver disease had successful outcome
** Nifty Pharma index .NIPHARM , which comprises SHME's
peers, up 0.2%; SHME is not part of the index
** SHME up 2.3X YTD vs 34% climb in pharma index
(Reporting by Varun Vyas in Bengaluru)
((varunvyas.hebbalalu@thomsonreuters.com))
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