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Ajay Piramal plans to sell $1 billion contract pharma business

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Piramal Pharma Solutions is a contract development & manufacturing organisation which is into drug discovery and commercial production.

Mumbai: Indian billionaire Ajay Piramal is considering a sale of his contract pharmaceutical operations, which could fetch around $1 billion, people with knowledge of the matter said.

The tycoon’s Piramal Enterprises Ltd. is working with advisers to gauge interest in the business, known as Piramal Pharma Solutions, according to the people. It has sent out preliminary marketing materials to potential buyers, the people said, asking not to be identified because the information is private.

Shares of Piramal Enterprises jumped as much as 4.7 per cent Tuesday. They were up 3.3 per cent at 1:43 pm in Mumbai, giving the company a market value of about $5.8 billion.

Piramal Pharma Solutions is a contract development and manufacturing organisation, which provides services including drug discovery and commercial production to other healthcare firms. The sale has attracted interest from private equity firms and US companies, the people said.

The business has about $70 million to $80 million of annual earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, according to the people. It could be valued at 12 to 15 times Ebitda in a sale, one of the people said.

Deliberations are at an early stage, and Piramal Enterprises could still decide against pursuing a deal, the people said. A representative for Piramal Enterprises said the company doesn’t comment on market speculation.

Any transaction will add to the $3.8 billion of healthcare services deals involving Indian companies this year, data compiled by Bloomberg show. In 2010, Piramal Enterprises sold its branded generic-medicine unit in India to Abbott Laboratories for $3.7 billion. – Bloomberg

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