Zydus Lifesciences gains on getting USFDA`s final approval for Eluxadoline tablets

Zydus Lifesciences is currently trading at Rs. 894.85, up by 12.30 points or 1.39% from its previous closing of Rs. 882.55 on the BSE.
The scrip opened at Rs. 899.40 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 901.55 and Rs. 888.00 respectively. So far 14779 shares were traded on the counter.
The BSE group 'A' stock of face value Rs. 1 has touched a 52 week high of Rs. 1323.90 on 09-Aug-2024 and a 52 week low of Rs. 859.15 on 04-Mar-2025.
Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs. 911.00 and Rs. 872.30 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs. 90359.81 crore.
The promoters holding in the company stood at 74.98%, while Institutions and Non-Institutions held 18.18% and 6.84% respectively.
Zydus Lifesciences has received final approval from the United States Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) to manufacture Eluxadoline Tablets, 75 mg and 100 mg (USRLD: Viberzi Tablets, 75 mg and 100 mg). Eluxadoline is a mu-opioid receptor agonist, indicated in adults for the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhoea (IBS-D). Eluxadoline tablets will be produced at Zydus Lifesciences (SEZ), Ahmedabad.
The company was one of the first ANDA applicants to submit a substantially complete ANDA with a paragraph IV certification for Eluxadoline Tablets, 75 mg and 100 mg. With this approval, the company is eligible for 180 days of shared generic drug exclusivity for Eluxadoline Tablets, 75 mg and 100 mg.
Eluxadoline tablets had annual sales of $243.7 million in the United States (IQVIA MAT January 2025). The group now has 419 approvals and has so far filed 483 ANDAs since the commencement of the filing process in FY 2003-04.
Zydus Lifesciences (formerly known as Cadila Healthcare), a company limited by shares, incorporated and domiciled in India, operates as an integrated pharmaceutical company with business encompassing the entire value chain in the research, development, production, marketing and distribution of pharmaceutical products.









