The Bengaluru-based firm on 14 January stated it raised ₹4,150 crore ($460 million) by means of a certified institutional placement (QIP) of shares to purchase out Mylan Inc’s (Viatris) stake within the subsidiary. Days later, it introduced it had accomplished the acquisition of the remaining fairness shares of BBL from Mylan for a money consideration of $200 million, elevating its stake to over 98%.
Biocon’s board on Thursday granted in-principle approval to amass the remaining 2% stake in BBL from staff who maintain or will maintain BBL’s shares pursuant to train of inventory choices, and different minority shareholders.
“The companies are within the means of getting collectively, and by the top of this quarter, which is ending March thirty first 2026, we can be finishing the mixing course of and can migrate in the direction of one Biocon,” Tambe instructed Mint in an interview.
In June, Biocon raised its stake in BBL from 71% to 79% after settling structured debt devices. In December, it introduced the complete integration of the subsidiary following months of deliberations over a possible itemizing or merger. The deal, which valued BBL at $5.5 billion, was described by Biocon as probably the most value-accretive possibility.
Over the past yr, Biocon has centered on cleansing up its stability sheet, and enhancing its consolidated debt-to-Ebitda ratio, which presently stands at 2.5x, from over 4x in FY24. Because the biopharmaceutical big appears to be like at a sturdy pipeline of biosimilars in addition to GLP-1s within the coming fiscal yr and past, its debt-to-Ebitda ratio is anticipated to maneuver nearer to 2x and under over time, Tambe stated.
Ebitda stands for earnings earlier than curiosity, taxes, depreciation, and amortization, and debt-Ebidta ratio indicators how comfortably an organization can repay its debt. The upper the ratio, the harder it might be for the corporate to repay its money owed.
Biocon acquired Viatris’ biosimilar enterprise for $3.3 billion in November 2022, which pushed up its debt. The corporate nonetheless has a web debt of about $1.15 billion on its books.
Nonetheless, a cleaner stability sheet after Biocon settled structured debt in June 2025 will bolster its revenue earlier than tax (PBT) beginning subsequent fiscal. The corporate had raised ₹4,500 crore ($507.7 million) through a QIP in Could, to settle structured debt obligations with Goldman Sachs and Kotak Mahindra Financial institution, in addition to a business paper, which added an annualized curiosity price of ₹300 crore.
“…now we have been dedicated to lowering debt and deleveraging the stability sheet and what you’re seeing us progressively do is strictly that,” stated Tambe.
Inventory of Biocon settled 0.81% larger at ₹378.10 on the Nationwide Inventory Alternate on Friday.
Progress pipeline
Biocon’s biologics enterprise, its largest development driver, unveiled three new biosimilar oncology medicine – Trastuzumab/Hyaluronidase (Herceptin SC/Herceptin HYLECTA), Nivolumab (Opdivo), and Pembrolizumab (Keytruda) – on the 2026 J.P. Morgan Healthcare Convention in January.
These new medicine are among the many largest oncology biologics scheduled to lose exclusivity over the subsequent 5 years, with Keytruda being the world’s prime promoting drug since 2023. Biocon plans to launch these merchandise within the first wave of market formation, Tambe stated.
These medicine will be a part of BBL’s current portfolio of 17 oncology medicines. The corporate’s oncology portfolio, together with undisclosed merchandise, represents a $75 billion market alternative, the corporate had stated in a press launch in January.
“We’re seeking to launch one product yearly between now and 2030,” stated Tambe.
On the generics entrance, the corporate is banking on its GLP-1 pipeline. It has already launched Liraglutide in a number of European Union markets (EU), driving up income in Q3, and is planning to launch Semaglutide because it goes off-patent in a number of rising markets this yr. It has already inked a provide settlement with Ajanta Pharma for a number of Asian and African markets, and is exploring partnerships for for the India market as properly, Tambe stated.
GLP-1 or glucagon-like peptide-1 is a hormone that regulatyes blood sugar; GLP-1–primarily based medicine are used to deal with diabetes and weight problems.
Within the October-December quarter, Biocon’s consolidated income rose 11% year-on-year to ₹4,290 crore and Ebitda elevated 21% to ₹951 crore. Its Ebitda margin expanded from 26% in Q3FY25 to 29%. Its web revenue shot as much as ₹144 crore, from ₹25 crore in Q3FY25.
The biologics arm reported a income of ₹2,497 crore, up 9% from a yr earlier, with Ebitda of ₹700 crore, up 44%, pushed by its give attention to high-margin markets.
Income within the generics enterprise grew 24% from a yr earlier to ₹851 crore in the course of the quarter, and rose 10% sequentially on the again of GLP-1 launches in EU markets.