Wednesday, June 13, 2007

ICICI Venture buys out US pharma R&D firm

In what is arguably the first buyout led by an Indian private equity firm in the international market, ICICI Venture — the private equity arm of ICICI Bank— has acquired majority control in US-based clinical research company Radiant Research

ICICI Venture, one of the most active private equity funds in India managing funds in excess of $2 billion, has multiple exposure in the life sciences business. Its investment portfolio includes Arch Pharmalabs, Malladi Drugs, Bharat Biotech, I-Ven Pharma, RFCL, Metropolis, Perlecan, Avesthagen, Biocon, Medicorp and Intas Pharma.

source: economic times

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