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Sun Pharma To Acquire Ranbaxy

Expands global presence and aims to overcome manufacturing woes

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By: Kristin Brooks

Managing Editor, Contract Pharma

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries of Mumbai, India has entered an agreement to acquire Ranbaxy Laboratories from parent company Daiichi Sankyo, in a transaction valued at $4 billion. The combined company will be India’s largest pharmaceutical company and the world’s fifth-largest generic company, with an estimated annual revenue of $4.2 billion. The acquisition is subject to shareholder approval from both companies.   In January, the FDA prohibited Ranbaxy from selling drugs in the U.S. ...

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