{"id":5800,"date":"2025-01-07T11:58:53","date_gmt":"2025-01-07T06:28:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakshmishree.com\/news\/?p=5800"},"modified":"2025-01-07T11:58:55","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T06:28:55","slug":"zydus-lifesciences-gains-5-after-securing-deal-with-cvs-caremark-for-diabetes-products","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakshmishree.com\/news\/zydus-lifesciences-gains-5-after-securing-deal-with-cvs-caremark-for-diabetes-products\/","title":{"rendered":"Zydus Lifesciences Gains 5% After Securing Deal with CVS Caremark for Diabetes Products"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Shares of Zydus Lifesciences surged over 5% on January 7 following the announcement of a strategic agreement with US-based healthcare firm CVS Caremark. The collaboration will see Zydus&#8217; diabetes products included in CVS Caremark&#8217;s template formulary, enhancing access to these treatments in the US market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The agreement covers Zituvio (sitagliptin), Zituvimet (sitagliptin and metformin hydrochloride), and Zituvimet XR (sitagliptin and metformin hydrochloride extended-release). These formulations, approved by the USFDA through the 505(b)(2) route, target improved glycemic control in adults with type 2 diabetes as an adjunct to diet and exercise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Tuesday&#8217;s trade, Zydus Lifesciences shares rose 5.23%, hitting an intraday high of \u20b91,011.75 on the NSE. This development comes as a major milestone for the company, furthering its presence in the US pharmaceutical market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Punit Patel, President &amp; CEO of Zydus Pharmaceuticals USA Inc., highlighted the significance of the partnership, stating, &#8220;We are proud to partner with CVS Caremark, a leading patient-focused healthcare solutions provider in the US. This collaboration reflects our commitment to enhancing access to high-quality medications for patients while addressing their healthcare needs more affordably.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zydus Lifesciences has delivered a robust 40.70% return to its shareholders over the past year, according to BSE data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Do you have a news tip for Lakshmishree reporters? Please email us at <a>media@lakshmishree.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><sup><sub>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moneycontrol.com\/news\/business\/markets\/zydus-lifesciences-shares-rise-5-on-deal-with-us-healthcare-firm-cvs-caremark-12904774.html\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.moneycontrol.com\/news\/business\/markets\/zydus-lifesciences-shares-rise-5-on-deal-with-us-healthcare-firm-cvs-caremark-12904774.html\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Moneycontrol<\/a><\/sub><\/sup><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shares of Zydus Lifesciences surged over 5% on January 7 following the announcement of a strategic agreement with US-based healthcare firm CVS Caremark. The collaboration will see Zydus&#8217; diabetes products included in CVS Caremark&#8217;s template formulary, enhancing access to these treatments in the US market. The agreement covers Zituvio (sitagliptin), Zituvimet (sitagliptin and metformin hydrochloride), [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5801,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[887],"class_list":["post-5800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indian-market","tag-zydus-lifesciences"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakshmishree.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakshmishree.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakshmishree.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakshmishree.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakshmishree.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5800"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lakshmishree.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5800\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5802,"href":"https:\/\/lakshmishree.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5800\/revisions\/5802"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakshmishree.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakshmishree.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakshmishree.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakshmishree.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}