Strides Pharma to buy 54 percent stake in SteriScience for Rs 135 crore
The investment in SteriScience will allow Strides to leverage its expertise and experience in the high- value injectables business.;
New Delhi: Drug firm Strides Pharma Science on Monday said it will invest Rs 135 crore over the next 24 months to acquire around 54 percent stake in SteriScience Pharma Pvt Ltd.
This will make SteriScience the company''s dedicated arm for global sterile injectables business, Strides Pharma Science said in a filing to the BSE.
The investment in SteriScience will allow Strides to leverage its expertise and experience in the high-value injectables business. SteriScience is designed for a global foray in sterile injectables leveraging the group''s rich experience in the domain, it added.
"Strides and the family office of promoters will partner to infuse capital into SteriScience. The partners will also transfer their current sterile injectable-related assets and Intellectual Property (IP) to the platform at cost," the filing said.
The business will require a total investment of Rs 400 crore (Rs 250 crore equity and Rs 1,50 crore debt) until it achieves an operational break-even in the next 24 months, it added.
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