Zydus Lifesciences Ltd Share Price – NSE  / BSE

Pharmaceuticals, Mid Cap

Zydus Lifesciences Ltd is up for a third straight session in a row. The stock is quoting at Rs 1012.55, up 2.1% on the day as on 12:49 IST on the NSE. The benchmark NIFTY is up around 0.4% on the day, quoting at 23783.6. The Sensex is at 75701.49, up 0.4%. Zydus Lifesciences Ltd has risen around 7.82% in last one month.

Meanwhile, Nifty Pharma index of which Zydus Lifesciences Ltd is a constituent, has risen around 9.71% in last one month and is currently quoting at 24551.05, up 0.39% on the day. The volume in the stock stood at 13.44 lakh shares today, compared to the daily average of 9.62 lakh shares in last one month.

The benchmark May futures contract for the stock is quoting at Rs 1016.25, up 2.03% on the day. Zydus Lifesciences Ltd is up 12.17% in last one year as compared to a 4.94% drop in NIFTY and a 13.93% drop in the Nifty Pharma index.

The PE of the stock is 21.23 based on TTM earnings ending December 25.

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As of 31 March 2026, the promoter and promoter group owned a 75% shareholding in the company.

Meanwhile, the company?s subsidiary, Zydus Worldwide DMCC (Zydus Worldwide) through its wholly owned acquisition subsidiary Zara Merger Sub Inc., has signed a definitive agreement with Assertio Holdings, to acquire all outstanding shares of Assertio for $ 23.50 per share in cash. The deal represents total consideration of approximately $166.4 million on a fully-diluted basis, calculated using the treasury stock method.

Assertio is a U.S. based pharmaceutical company focused on specialty and oncology supportive-care therapies with its novel product ROLVEDON (eflapegrastim xnst), approved by USFDA for long-acting G CSF biologic for the prevention of febrile neutropenia in adult cancer patients receiving myelosuppressive chemotherapy. Its turnover was $ 68.23 million in current year 2025.

This transaction will help Zydus to secure an immediate U.S. specialty oncology commercial footprint in the U.S and serves as a platform to expand its oncology specialty portfolio. Assertio?s over 170 community oncology accounts and buy-and-bill infrastructure are expected to strengthen Zydus? oncology platform.

Under the terms of the merger agreement, Zydus will commence a tender offer to acquire all outstanding shares of Assertio common stock. The transaction will be followed by a merger, subject to customary closing conditions, including the tender of a majority of Assertio?s outstanding shares. Subsequently, Zydus will acquire the untendered shares through a second-step merger at the same offer price.

The tender offer is expected to commence within five business days following the date of the merger agreement. The transaction is expected to close in the financial year 2026-27, subject to satisfaction of all closing conditions.

Zydus Lifesciences is an innovative, global lifesciences company that discovers, develops, manufactures, and markets a broad range of healthcare therapies.

On a consolidated basis, Zydus Lifesciences' net profit rose 1.82% to Rs 1042.10 crore while net sales rose 32.34% to Rs 6780.40 crore in Q3 December 2025 over Q3 December 2024.

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Zydus Lifesciences announced that Apurva S. Diwanji (DIN: 00032072) ceased as the Director (including as the Independent Director) effective 12 May 2026, consequent upon completion of his tenure.

Zydus Lifesciences will hold a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Company on 19 May 2026.