HgCapital Trust Plc Friday announced that HgCaital (HGT.L ) has divested its U.K-based specialty pharmaceutical company, Mercury Pharma, for a total sale consideration of 465 million pounds, to European private equity firm, Cinven.
Mercury Pharma is a speciality pharmaceutical company focused on the sale of niche prescription off-patent products. Mercury Pharma's portfolio is underpinned by strong intellectual property rights with 91% of revenue from
owned-IP products.
Philipp Schwalber, Head of HgCapital's Healthcare team, said: "Mercury Pharma is the first exit for HgCapital 6, the second realisation by HgCapital's Healthcare Team in the last two years, and the most recent in a long line of public-to-private success stories for HgCapital,,,,,"
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