Intas' MD On Acquiring Best-Performing Assets And Brexit

India's largest privately held pharmaceutical company, Intas, says that it understands Europe well and that the best-performing assets acquired from Teva there are a "perfect fit" for its business. Intas vice chair and managing director Binish Chudgar spoke to Scrip on the buyout and why Brexit isn't a major concern - at least for now.

For the low-profile Intas Pharmaceuticals Ltd., buying the assets and operations of Actavis Generics in the UK and Ireland for £603m is a big deal, quite literally.

But vice chair and managing director Binish Chudgar was measured and downplayed any excessive excitement around the buyout. Chudgar said that the Ahmedabad-based Intas would remain a generally "silent" company,...

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