M&A Deal Summary

IMS Health Holdings Acquires Cegedim Information Solutions and CRM

On June 24, 2014, IMS Health Holdings acquired information technology company Cegedim Information Solutions and CRM from Cegedim for 385M EUR

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is IMS Health Holdings’ 2nd transaction in the Information Technology sector.
  • This is IMS Health Holdings’ 0th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is IMS Health Holdings’ 1st transaction in France.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2014-06-24
Target Cegedim Information Solutions and CRM
Sector Information Technology
Buyer(s) IMS Health Holdings
Sellers(s) Cegedim
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 385M EUR

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Cegedim Information Solutions and CRM

France
Cegedim’s CRM solutions that help life sciences clients in 80 countries drive sales effectiveness, optimize marketing programs across multiple channels and mitigate regulatory compliance risks; OneKey Reference Database that provides insights on 13.7 million healthcare professionals across the globe; and information solutions that use primary market research.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

IMS Health Holdings

Danbury, Connecticut, United States
Category Company
Founded 1954
Sector Information Technology
Employees10,200
Revenue 2.9B USD (2015)
DESCRIPTION
IMS Health's corporate headquarters in Danbury, Connecticut.
IMS Health's corporate headquarters in Danbury, Connecticut.

IMS Health Holdings, Inc. is an information and technology services company providing clients in the healthcare industry with end-to-end solutions to measure and improve their performance. IMS Health was established in 1954 and is based in Danbury, Connecticut.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 13 of 19
Sector (Information Technology) 2 of 6
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 3
Country (France) 1 of 1
Year (2014) 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-12-09 Pygargus

Stockholm, Sweden

Pygargus is a life science advisory and analytics firm based in Stockholm, Sweden. Pygargus specializes in real-world outcomes research, offering expertise in electronic medical records, registry data handling, data integration and scientific project management. Pygargus provides customized, high-quality RWE for epidemiology research, pricing and reimbursement decisions, comparative effectiveness, health technology assessments and post-marketing surveillance.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-07-01 Aileron Solutions

Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, United States

Aileron Solutions LLC is a provider of claims based targeting data and longitudinal patient data for pharmaceutical and medical device companies.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Cegedim

Boulogne-Billancourt, France
Category Company
Founded 1969
Sector Information Technology
Employees6,306
Revenue 616M EUR (2023)
DESCRIPTION

Cegedim is a technology and services company specializing in the healthcare field. Cegedim supplies services, technological tools, specialized software, data flow management services and databases. Its offerings are targeted notably at healthcare industries, life sciences companies, healthcare professionals and insurance companies. Cegedim was founded in 1969 and is based in Boulogne-Billancourt, France.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 6 of 7
Sector (Information Technology) 2 of 2
Type (Divestiture) 6 of 7
Country (France) 5 of 5
Year (2014) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-01-13 Kadrige SA

Boulogne-Billancourt,, France

Kadrige SA is a provider of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) e-detailing and collaborative solutions. Kadrige solutions will integrate seamlessly with Cegedim’s Mobile Intelligence customer relationship management (CRM) suite or any other CRM platform, providing customers with state of-the-art remote collaborative solutions which have long proven to be highly effective, compliant and stable in the increasingly regulated and rapidly evolving life sciences industry.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-07-20 Activus

Bristol, United Kingdom

Activus Ltd. is a provider of health and protection insurance software.

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