M&A Deal Summary

Vemedia Acquires Imgroma BV

On August 5, 2011, Vemedia acquired medical products company Imgroma BV from PHOENIX Pharmahandel & Co KG and Celesio AG

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Vemedia’s 2nd transaction in the Medical Products sector.
  • This is Vemedia’s 1st transaction in Belgium.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2011-08-05
Target Imgroma BV
Sector Medical Products
Buyer(s) Vemedia
Sellers(s) PHOENIX Pharmahandel & Co KG
Celesio AG
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

Imgroma BV

Belgium
Imgroma BV is a distributor of medical products Roter, the market leader in Vitamine C in the Netherlands. Roter is an excellent fit with Vemedia’s existing vitamine brand Dagravit. Imgroma is also the distributor of Avent (Philips), Jaico (mosquito milk), Mycosan (nail care), Tiger Balm, Lactona (mouth care), Millium (anti-lice shampoo) etc.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Vemedia

Kortrijk, Belgium

Category Company
Founded 2002
Sector Life Science
DESCRIPTION

Vemedia is a producer and distributor of over the counter (OTC) drugs, food supplements and medical devices. Vemedia was established in 2002 and is headquartered in Kortrijk, Belgium.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 7
Sector: Medical Products M&A 2 of 3
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 2 of 3
Country: Belgium M&A 1 of 3
Year: 2011 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-09-01 Sleepzz

Diemen, Netherlands

Sleepzz is a product in the category of OTC tranquilizers and sleeping products and is wellknown for its melatonin products.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-11-26 ABC-Chemicals

Wauthier-Braine, Belgium

ABC-Chemicals is a distributor and provider of pharmaceutical ingredients to drugs manufacturers and pharmacies.

Sell -

Seller(S) 2

SELLER

PHOENIX Pharmahandel & Co KG

Mannheim, Germany

Category Company
Founded 1994
Sector Life Science
Employees34,000
DESCRIPTION

PHOENIX Pharmahandel GmbH & Co KG is a pharmaceutical trader in Europe, reliably supplying people with drugs and medical products every day. The PHOENIX group core business with its unique level of geographical coverage in Europe. In a total of 26 countries, company supply pharmacies, doctors, and medical institutions with drugs and health products from more than 152 distribution centres.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Medical Products M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: Belgium M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2011 M&A 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-07-07 McKesson - Certain European Businesses

France

McKesson Corp's Certain European Businesses provides health care services in France, Italy, Ireland, Portugal, Belgium, and Slovenia.

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SELLER

Celesio AG

Stuttgart, Germany

Category Company
Founded 1835
Sector Retail
Employees38,000
Revenue 21.4B EUR (2016)
DESCRIPTION

Celesio is an international wholesale and retail company and provider of logistics and services to the pharmaceutical and healthcare sectors. The proactive and preventive approach ensures that patients receive the products and support that they require for optimum care. Celesio operates in 14 countries around the world. Every day, the group serves over 2 million customers - at 2,200 pharmacies of its own and 4,100 participants in brand partnership schemes. With 132 wholesale branches, Celesio supplies 65,000 pharmacies and hospitals every day with up to 130,000 pharmaceutical products. The services benefit a patient pool of about 15 million per day.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 9
Sector: Medical Products M&A 1 of 3
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 2 of 8
Country: Belgium M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2011 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-10-18 Andreae-Noris Zahn AG

Frankfurt, Germany

ANZAG is one of the largest pharmaceutical wholesalers in Germany, Europe’s largest pharmaceutical market, where it operates 25 distribution centres serving approximately 8,000 customers of whom around 1,100 are members of its virtual chain “vivesco”. ANZAG also has pharmaceutical wholesale businesses in Romania and Lithuania, and an associate in Croatia.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-07-01 Pharmexx

Hirschberg, Germany

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

Sell €35M