M&A Deal Summary

SMS Acquires Medica Asia

On October 7, 2015, SMS acquired information technology company Medica Asia from AXIO Data Group Holdings

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is SMS’s 1st transaction in the Information Technology sector.
  • This is SMS’s 1st transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2015-10-07
Target Medica Asia
Sector Information Technology
Buyer(s) SMS
Sellers(s) AXIO Data Group Holdings
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

Medica Asia

London, United Kingdom
Medica Asia (Holdco) Ltd. is a provider of trusted medicine information, serving healthcare professionals across the region for nearly 50 years. MIMS has a registered user base of over 1.7 million healthcare professionals and provides multi-channel solutions to the pharmaceutical industry. MIMS also provides subscription clinical solutions to hospitals, clinics and pharmacies.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

SMS

Tokyo, Japan

Category Company
Founded 2003
Sector Business Services
Employees4,528
Revenue 61.0B JPY (2025)
DESCRIPTION

SMS is a provider of information infrastructure for an ageing society, and Mitsui the most diversified and comprehensive trading, investment, and service company. The company initially focused on nursing care, and eventually extended its reach to the medical care, healthcare, and senior life segments, launching over 40 services along the way. SMS was founded in 2003 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 2
Sector: Information Technology M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: United Kingdom M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2015 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-09-30 Pure Nurse Co.

Yokohama, Japan

Angeliebe P&N Co. Ltd is a provider of mail order/online sales services for nurses. The company was founded in 2000 and is based in Yokohama.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

AXIO Data Group Holdings

London, United Kingdom

Category Company
Founded 2012
Sector Information Technology
Employees1,830
DESCRIPTION

AXIO Data Group Holdings manages a portfolio of market major information businesses. Company serve customers in a range of sectors including: healthcare, aviation, forest products and intellectual property licensing. Company provide critical, often industry-standard, information and tools to help clients make high value decisions.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 9
Sector: Information Technology M&A 1 of 4
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 3 of 8
Country: United Kingdom M&A 1 of 2
Year: 2015 M&A 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-12-23 Breakbulk Events & Media

United States

Breakbulk Events & Media is a specialised logistics intelligence. Breakbulk's exhibitions, congresses, workshops and media products serve logistics executives working in the oil & gas, traditional / renewable power generation, mining and infrastructure / construction markets. The company hosts six annual events with over 14,000 paid attendees which bring together the world’s top breakbulk and project cargo logistics executives for education, strategy creation, business development and networking.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-12-03 IASIST S.A.

Barcelona, Spain

IASIST S.A. is a healthcare benchmarking company serving customers in Spain, Portugal and Chile. Built upon knowledge from a highly specialized team and the largest clinical databases, IASIST offers health care providers, payers and the health industry the clinical and economic information required to improve quality and efficiency in their organizations and the services provided to their customers.

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