M & A
Sun’s founder reinforces the firm’s M&A strategy, indicating that it is "comfortable raising debt" if required, but shares no specific comment on the speculated interest in Organon. The Indian company also has "sufficient supplies" to meet demand for generic semaglutide in India post LoE.
BC Partners has completed its acquisition from Servier of French generics giant Biogaran after the French government allowed the private-equity takeover on condition that BPI France take a minority stake. Meanwhile, former Biogaran CEO Erick Roche has returned to the role after a long stint at Teva.
C&D starts 2026 with expectations to boost sales of latest acquisition, Touchland scented hand sanitizer, after halting sales of Flawless hair removal/nail care and Waterpik showerhead products and selling Spinbrush power toothbrush brand as well vitafusion and L’il Critter gummy supplement lines.
Sun’s founder reinforces the firm’s M&A strategy, indicating that it is "comfortable raising debt" if required, but shares no specific comment on the speculated interest in Organon. The Indian company also has "sufficient supplies" to meet demand for generic semaglutide in India post LoE.
Both companies announced that during special meetings on Jan. 29, their shareholders voted nearly unanimous support for Kimberly-Clark’s $48.7bn acquisition proposed in November at $3.50 per share plus 0.14625 share for each Kenvue share.
Revenue from Sun Pharma’s innovative medicines business overtook its generics business for the first time ever in Q2 of fiscal year 2026 and North American CEO Richard Ascroft is focused on maintaining the growth momentum.
Wonderbelly reached market in 2022 and has notched nationwide footprint through major retailers over the years, Target stores starting in March 2023, CVS since June 2024 and Walmart since May 2025.
Abbott started 2026 as it ended 2025 – with major regulatory breakthroughs for pulsed field ablation innovations, boosting its EP credentials in the US and EU. It also broadened its IVDs platform by adding cancer detection and screening company Exact Sciences in a deal expected to close in Q2.
VP Elizabeth Naldi-Jacob spoke with Scrip at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference about Merck’s business development priorities and the company’s strategy for winning deals.
The US giant is narrowing its focus on obesity and cancer.
Sun terms reports of acquisitive interest in Organon as "speculative," at least for now. Bankers see a potential transaction fit the profile of a 'typical’ Sun deal, which if it occurs also catapults the Indian firm’s foray into biosimilars.
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