Add-on Acquisition • Business Services

UDG Healthcare Acquires Business Edge Solutions & Training

On April 4, 2008, UDG Healthcare acquired business services company Business Edge Solutions & Training

Acquisition Context
  • This is UDG Healthcare’s 1st transaction in the Business Services sector.
  • This is UDG Healthcare’s 7th transaction in the United Kingdom.

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M&A Deal Summary

Date April 4, 2008
Target Business Edge Solutions & Training
Sector Business Services
Buyer(s) UDG Healthcare
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target Company

Business Edge Solutions & Training

St Albans, United Kingdom
Business Edge Solutions & Training Ltd. is a provider of personal, sales and team effectiveness training programmes for pharmaceutical companies in the UK market. The company was incorporated in 2002 and is based in St Albans, the United Kingdom.
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Buyer Overview 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 Context for Buyer #
Overall 12 of 32
Sector: Business Services 1 of 10
Type: Add-on Acquisition 10 of 26
Country: United Kingdom 7 of 12
Year: 2008 2 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-04-04 Universal Conference And Incentive Travel

Slough, United Kingdom

Universal Conference And Incentive Travel Ltd. is a provider of event management services across the UK to pharmaceutical companies, both at the pre and post approval stages of product development. The company also has offices in the US and generates approximately half of its revenues in that market through the provision of an equivalent service offering to US pharmaceutical companies.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-07-16 Sharp

Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States

Sharp Corp is the largest independent pharmaceutical contract packaging company in the growing outsourced market in the United States. The company provides full-service packaging solutions, in compliance with strict regulatory requirements, to large pharmaceutical, generic, biotechnology, speciality pharmaceutical, neutraceutical and consumer healthcare companies.

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