M&A Deal Summary

UDG Healthcare Acquires Bilcare Global Clinical Supplies

On August 20, 2012, UDG Healthcare acquired life science company Bilcare Global Clinical Supplies from Bilcare for 61M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is UDG Healthcare’s 2nd transaction in the Life Science sector.
  • This is UDG Healthcare’s 6th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is UDG Healthcare’s 10th transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2012-08-20
Target Bilcare Global Clinical Supplies
Sector Life Science
Buyer(s) UDG Healthcare
Sellers(s) Bilcare
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 61M USD

Target

Bilcare Global Clinical Supplies

Crickhowell, United Kingdom
Bilcare Global Clinical Supplies (Europe) Ltd. is a clinical trials materials business providing services to global pharmaceutical and biotech manufacturers and Clinical Research Organisations from facilities in the US and UK. The services include the formulation, development, packaging, labelling and supply chain management of drugs used in the clinical trials process.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

UDG Healthcare

Dublin, Ireland
Category Company
Founded 1948
Sector Business Services
Employees9,000
Revenue 1.3B USD (2020)
DESCRIPTION

UDG Healthcare operates in two segments, Ashfield and Sharp. Ashfield is a global integrated healthcare services partner offering a breadth of services in advisory, marketing, communications, strategic engagement, and patient solutions. Sharp engages in contract packaging, clinical, manufacturing, and technology services. UDG Healthcare was founded in 1948 and is based in Dublin, the Republic of Ireland.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 17 of 32
Sector (Life Science) 2 of 3
Type (Divestiture) 3 of 5
Country (United Kingdom) 10 of 12
Year (2012) 3 of 5
Size (of disclosed) 6 of 25
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-07-01 Pharmexx

Hirschberg, Germany

Pharmexx GmbH is a provider of outsourcing services to the pharmaceutical industry.

Buy €35M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-08-28 Ashfield Pharmacovigilance

Durham, North Carolina, United States

Ashfield Pharmacovigilance, Inc. offers case management, global aggregate report development, literature search, risk management, signal surveillance activities, database, information technology, and pharmacovigilance consulting services.

Buy $28M

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Bilcare

Pune, India
Category Company
Sector Life Science
Revenue 7.5B INR (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Bilcare is an innovation-led packaging solutions provider that partners with the pharmaceutical industry to improve patient healthcare outcomes. Company endeavor to deliver effective and affordable solutions that enhance the speed and quality of drug discovery and help build and protect brands by ensuring the delivery of genuine medicines to patients. Bilcare PPI offers Innovative Pharmaceutical Packaging Solutions comprising of a wide range of specialty Polymer Films and Aluminum Foils mainly used for packaging of solid dosage pharmaceutical products. Bilcare GCS provides Global Clinical Material Supplies for new drug discovery projects. Bilcare Technologies provides track and trace, authentication and Anti-counterfeit (nCID - nonclonableID) solutions for product & people ID authentication and security. Bilcare is based Pune, India.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector (Life Science) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 1
Country (United Kingdom) 1 of 1
Year (2012) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-08-02 INEOS Films

Delaware City, Delaware, United States

INEOS Films, Inc. is a global producer of high quality polymer films built on expertise and innovation. The company plays a major role in the world of pharmaceutical blister packaging, films for printing and decoration, shrink film for sleeves, capsules and plastic credit cards. The company employs around 1300 people across manufacturing sites in Germany, Italy, India and North America.

Buy Rs6.1B
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