Private Equity
3 min read · 28 October 2011
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2 min read · 07 October 2011
2 min read · 07 October 2011
The Carlyle Group and Hellman & Friedman's $3.9 billion agreement to buy Pharmaceutical Product Development Inc. marks the latest example of buyout shops buying companies that run clinical trials for pharma and biotech companies. These so-called contract research organizations, or CROs, are expected to expand and consolidate, making it highly likely we could see more LBOs. Click through below to see a selection of other noteworthy CROs, presented alphabetically, that could look attractive to sponsors. These include public companies that, like PPD, might find it easier to navigate the market's consolidation under private ownership; public companies with recent changes at the CEO level; and private equity-owned companies, including one that's been in its owner's portfolio for almost four years now.
3 min read · 04 October 2011
