Cadila buys out JV partner in Zydus BSV

27 March 2015

Drugmaker Cadila Healthcare has acquired a 50% stake from fellow India-based biotech firm Bharta Serums and Vaccines in their joint venture firm-Zydus BSV Pharma, thus taking full control of the business, according to local media reports. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Zydus BSV Pharma, which was founded in 2005 develops, manufactures and markets non-infringing and proprietary novel drug delivery system of approved anti-cancer agents for global markets. It also offers contract manufacturing capabilities based on its modern facility and experience in the oncology injectable product manufacturing area.

Zydus BSV’s finished dosage manufacturing plant is located at the pharmaceutical specific Special Economic Zone – Pharmez, strategically located in the pharma corridor of India, near Ahmedabad.

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