Nichi-Iko Buys Sagent To Strengthen US Biosimilars Presence
Executive Summary
Nichi-Iko Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. will pay $736m in cash for Sagent Pharmaceuticals Inc. in a deal that will further expand the Japanese company's biosimilars business beyond Asia and diversify the US generics firm's injectable medicines portfolio.
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