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Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd has completed the acquisition of effectively 100% of the outstanding shares of Taiyo Pharmaceutical Industry Co for $934 million in cash.
Taiyo is the third largest generics manufacturer in Japan with sales of approximately $530 million in 2010. Taiyo brings to Teva a portfolio of over 550 products and a strong presence in all major channels in the Japanese pharmaceutical market.
Teva also gains access to Taiyo's strong R&D team, local regulatory expertise and a state of the art production facility. Following the acquisition, Teva expects to reach $1 billion in sales in Japan, ahead of its original 2015 target.
"This is an important milestone in executing Teva's long term strategic plan", said Shlomo Yanai, Teva's President and Chief Executive Officer. “The acquisition of Taiyo, along with Teva's existing Japanese business, assures that Teva will deliver on our strategic objective of becoming a leading player in Japan."
Japan is the second largest pharmaceutical market in the world, valued at $96 billion in 2010 with only a 23% rate of generic penetration. The Japanese government has expressed its intention to increase generic penetration to 30% by the end of 2012.
© Business Wire
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MYRB2011
Demands of medicines and medical equipment will be huge for fast growing population in China, India and other countries.
Virtuoso
Pharmaceutical sales are a racket in Japan. People are kept from getting their hands on effective over-the-counter medications, so you have to go through a physician to get anything stronger than itching cream, aspirin, gargle and throat lozenges. Which means god help you if you don't have health insurance.