EX-99.(A)(1)(iii)

THE OFFER AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS WILL EXPIRE AT THE TIME THAT IS ONE MINUTE

FOLLOWING 11:59 P.M. (12:00 A.M.), NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON AUGUST 26, 2016, UNLESS

THE OFFER IS EXTENDED.

This Notice of Guaranteed Delivery, or one substantially in the form hereof, must be used to accept the Offer (as defined below) if (i) certificates representing shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Shares”), of Sagent Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Sagent”), are not immediately available, (ii) the procedure for book-entry transfer cannot be completed prior to the time that is one minute following 11:59 p.m. (12:00 a.m.), New York City time, on August 26, 2016 (the “Expiration Date”), unless the Offer is extended pursuant to and in accordance with the Offer to Purchase dated August 1, 2016 (as it may be amended or supplemented, the “Offer to Purchase”), in which event “Expiration Date” will mean the latest time and date at which the Offer, as so extended, will expire, or (iii) time will not permit all required documents to reach American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC (the “Depositary”) prior to the Expiration Date. This Notice of Guaranteed Delivery may be delivered by overnight courier, delivered by hand, transmitted by facsimile transmission or mailed to the Depositary. See Section 3 of the Offer to Purchase.

DELIVERY OF THIS NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY TO AN ADDRESS OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH ABOVE WILL NOT CONSTITUTE A VALID DELIVERY.

THIS NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY IS NOT TO BE USED TO GUARANTEE SIGNATURES. IF A SIGNATURE ON A LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL IS REQUIRED TO BE GUARANTEED BY AN ELIGIBLE INSTITUTION (AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3 OF THE OFFER TO PURCHASE) UNDER THE INSTRUCTION THERETO, SUCH SIGNATURE GUARANTEE MUST APPEAR IN THE APPLICABLE SPACE PROVIDED IN THE SIGNATURE BOX ON THE APPROPRIATE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.

The Eligible Institution that completes this Notice of Guaranteed Delivery must communicate the guarantee to the Depositary and must deliver the Letter of Transmittal (as defined below) or an Agent’s Message (as defined in Section 3 of the Offer to Purchase) and certificates for Shares (or confirmation of a book-entry transfer of such Shares into the Depositary’s account at the Book-Entry Transfer Facility (as defined in Section 3 of the Offer to Purchase)) to the Depositary within the time period shown herein. Failure to do so could result in a financial loss to such Eligible Institution.

This Notice of Guaranteed Delivery relates to the offer by Shepard Vision, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Purchaser”) and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nichi-Iko Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., a joint stock corporation organized under the laws of Japan (“Parent”), to purchase all of the outstanding shares of common stock of Sagent, $0.01 par value per Share (the “Shares”), at a price of $21.75 per Share (the “Offer Price”), net to the holder in cash, without interest, less any applicable withholding taxes (the “Offer”), upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer to Purchase. The Offer is being made in connection with the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 10, 2016 (as it may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with its terms, the “Merger Agreement”), by and among Parent, Purchaser and Sagent.

The undersigned hereby tenders to Purchaser, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase, and the related letter of transmittal (as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Letter of Transmittal”) receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the number of Shares of Sagent specified below, pursuant to the guaranteed delivery procedure set forth in Section 3 of the Offer to Purchase.

The undersigned, an Eligible Institution, hereby guarantees delivery to the Depositary, at one of its addresses set forth above, of certificates representing the Shares tendered hereby, in proper form for transfer, or a Book-Entry Confirmation of the Shares tendered hereby into the Depositary’s account at The Depository Trust Company (pursuant to the procedures set forth in Section 3 of the Offer to Purchase), in each case together with a properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal, together with any required signature guarantees, or, in the case of book-entry transfers of Shares, either such Letter of Transmittal or an Agent’s Message in lieu of such Letter of Transmittal, and any other documents required by the Letter of Transmittal, within three NASDAQ trading days after the date of execution of this Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.

NOTE: DO NOT SEND CERTIFICATES REPRESENTING TENDERED SHARES WITH THIS NOTICE. CERTIFICATES REPRESENTING TENDERED SHARES SHOULD BE SENT WITH YOUR LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.


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American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC Operations Center Attn: Reorganization Department P.O. Box 2042 New York, New York 10272-2042		American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC Operations Center Attn: Reorganization Department 6201 15th Avenue Brooklyn, New York 11219



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