DuPont Generics Sold To Employee Group

1 July 1997

DuPont Merck Pharmaceutical is selling its generics and multi-sourcebusiness lines to a group of company executives for an undisclosed amount of cash, the firm has announced.

The company will be known as Endo Pharmaceuticals, similar to the name used by DuPont Merck's generics business, and will be headed by Carol Ammon, who is currently president of DuPont Merck in North America.

The acquisition will be a leveraged buyout, with Chase Financing providing the debt financing. Kelso & Co and senior management will provide equity financing.

This article is accessible to registered users, to continue reading please register for free.  A free trial will give you access to exclusive features, interviews, round-ups and commentary from the sharpest minds in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology space for a week. If you are already a registered user please login. If your trial has come to an end, you can subscribe here.

Login to your account

Become a subscriber

 

£820

Or £77 per month

Subscribe Now
  • Unfettered access to industry-leading news, commentary and analysis in pharma and biotech.
  • Updates from clinical trials, conferences, M&A, licensing, financing, regulation, patents & legal, executive appointments, commercial strategy and financial results.
  • Daily roundup of key events in pharma and biotech.
  • Monthly in-depth briefings on Boardroom appointments and M&A news.
  • Choose from a cost-effective annual package or a flexible monthly subscription
The Pharma Letter is an extremely useful and valuable Life Sciences service that brings together a daily update on performance people and products. It’s part of the key information for keeping me informed

Chairman, Sanofi Aventis UK



Companies featured in this story

More ones to watch >


Today's issue

Company Spotlight