M&A Deal Summary

IQVIA Acquires Pharmaspectra

On August 12, 2022, IQVIA acquired information services company Pharmaspectra from Inflexion for 100M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is IQVIA’s 2nd transaction in the Information Services sector.
  • This is IQVIA’s 3rd largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is IQVIA’s 3rd transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2022-08-12
Target Pharmaspectra
Sector Information Services
Buyer(s) IQVIA
Sellers(s) Inflexion
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 100M USD

Target

Pharmaspectra

London, United Kingdom
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Pharmaspectra is a provider of medical affairs data to the pharmaceutical and biotech industry. Pharmaspectra’s data is utilized by 7 of the world’s top 10 pharmaceutical companies. The firm has offices in the UK, US, Switzerland, and India. Pharmaspectra was founded in 2005 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

IQVIA

Durham, North Carolina, United States

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Category Company
Founded 2016
Sector Life Science
Employees86,000
Revenue 14.4B USD (2022)
DESCRIPTION
Quintiles office in San Diego, California.
Quintiles office in San Diego, California.

IQVIA is a provider of advanced analytics, technology solutions, and contract research services to the life sciences industry in the Americas, Europe, Africa, and the Asia-Pacific. IQVIA was founded in 2016 and is based in Durham, North Carolina.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 18 of 18
Sector (Information Services) 2 of 2
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 15 of 15
Country (United Kingdom) 3 of 3
Year (2022) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 3 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-05-31 Advanced Health Media

Bridgewater, New Jersey, United States

Advanced Health Media LLC is a provider of meeting logistics, commercial compliance management solutions, and sales force productivity tools for the pharmaceutical industry. Advanced Health Media was founded in 1999 and is based in Bridgewater, New Jersey.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Inflexion

London, United Kingdom

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1999
PE ASSETS 10.0B GBP
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Inflexion is a private equity firm that specializes in investments in UK-based founder and family-owned businesses. Broad areas of interest include consumer products/services, business services, healthcare, industrials, technology, and financial services. The Firm's target investment size is £10 to £500 million. Inflexion was formed in 1999 and is based in London.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 47 of 52
Sector (Information Services) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 21 of 25
Country (United Kingdom) 46 of 51
Year (2022) 7 of 7
Size (of disclosed) 12 of 18
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-07-05 Virgin Experience Days

Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom

Virgin Experience Days offers consumers unique, personal and exciting gift options. With a wide range of experiences from classics like track days, flying lessons and spas, to new trends such as learning new arts and crafts skills. Virgin Experience Days operates D2C and B2B divisions. The D2C offering provides customers with access to leisure experiences via branded vouchers and gift cards. Virgin Incentives, the B2B division, offers experience days for employee rewards and recognition programmes, with clients such as Barclaycard and Samsung. Virgin Experience Days was founded in 2001 and is based in Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2023-01-09 Proteros

Martinsried, Germany

Proteros is a contract research organisation focused on early-stage drug discovery specialist in structural biology and has created a cutting-edge platform recognised globally by both large pharma and biotechs as capable of unlocking the most technically challenging drug targets. Proteros is based in Martinsried, Germany.

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