Stada’s Owners Hold ‘Initial Exploratory Talks’ For Potential Sale

But Private Equity Duo ‘Have No Pressure To Sell,’ Stada’s CEO Underlines

For the first time, privately-owned Stada has acknowledged the potential for a sale of the business – six years after the private equity duo Bain Capital and Cinven announced a deal worth upwards of €5.4bn for the German firm.

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Bain Capital and Cinven are considering the possibility of selling STADA Arzneimittel AG, the company’s CEO Peter Goldschmidt has acknowledged, almost exactly six years to the day since the private equity duo took control of the Germany-based, European generics and biosimilars giant.

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