Specialty pharma firm Clinigen Group (AIM: CLIN) has agreed to acquire fellow UK-based Idis Group creating the market leader in the ethical unlicensed supply of medicines. Idis is being acquired for an enterprise value of £225 million ($337 million).
Highlights
The global ethical unlicensed supply market represents a significant growth opportunity, estimated in excess of $5 billion and is under-penetrated.
On completion, Clinigen, as the market leader, will be well placed to shape and define this fast growing and critically important market.
Idis is a strong brand, with a 25 year history, and supplies unlicensed medicines predominantly on an exclusive basis through managed access programs and on-demand through its general access division.
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