Zydus Pharmaceuticals USA Inc will acquire US-based pharmaceutical company Nesher Pharmaceuticals Inc through its subsidiary Zynesher Pharmaceuticals USA LLC for an undisclosed sum.
Zynesher has entered into an agreement to acquire the assets of Nesher, the company said in a statement today.
Nesher operates as the generic subsidiary of KV Pharmaceutical based at St. Louis, Missouri, in the US. The financial details of the agreement are undisclosed.
Nesher has considerable expertise in niche therapies which have development or production barriers, such as controlled release medications or drug enforcement administration (DEA) controlled substances.
"We have always looked at value-accruing opportunities and believe the new development gives us access to a difficult-to-develop product pipeline, expertise and infrastructure that will add value to our operations in the US. It also presents the right fit as it helps us strengthen our generic operations in the US with technology-distinguished specialty generics,” said Pankaj R Patel, chairman and managing director, Zydus Cadila.
The broad-based assets purchase agreement includes assets and assumption of certain liabilities, Nesher’s existing and pipeline Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDAs), certain manufacturing facilities and a full fledged research and development laboratory.
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With this, Zydus will now be able to manufacture and distribute generic controlled substances in the US market, which otherwise cannot be imported. The market for controlled substances medications in the US is estimated at $7 billion.
Nesher has an ANDA pipeline comprising eight existing filings and five products under development. Zydus said these products resent a tremendous market potential as they belong to high growth, niche segments which have a combined estimated market size of over $ 2.1 billion.
The agreement also encompasses supply and technical services agreements by which certain products of KV Pharmaceutical will be manufactured by Zynesher Pharmaceuticals USA LLC.