Daiichi offers to buy further 20% in Zenotech

26 January 2009

Japanese drug major Daiichi Sankyo has launched an open offer to acquire a further 20% stake in India, Hyderabad-based drug company Zenotech  Laboratories.

The offer is an obligation that falls to Daiichi as part of its  acquisition of Indian generic giant Ranbaxy Laboratories. The price of  Daiichi's open offer was not disclosed.

In October 2007, Ranbaxy bought a 38% additional stake in Zenotech,  taking its shareholding to 45%, but stressed that it does not want to  take over the company outright.

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