Nicholas Piramal merges Canere Actives and Fine Chemicals Pvt. Ltd.
By Mumbai: | 07 Feb 2004
Mumbai: With a strong contracts pipeline ranging from custom chemical synthesis to finished dosage, Nicholas Piramal Industries Limited (NPIL) is poised to emerge as a leading custom manufacturer. Towards this end, the board of Nicholas Piramal last week approved the merger of Hyderabad based Canere Actives & Fine Chemicals Pvt. Ltd.
Canere is a state-of-the art, new API facility, which is all set for USFDA inspection. The Canere facility has capacities to produce 350 tons of high-end API per annu. The facility is situated in the vicinity of NPIL's existing USFDA-approved API facility at Digwal, Hyderabad. This will further assist a seamless and swift integration.
Canere's facility is ideally suited for on-patent, custom manufacturing contracts that NPIL is negotiating with three of the top-20 global innovator Companies. The merger of Canere with NPIL will expedite contracts and save time on DMF and regulatory clearances.
NPIL will pay a total consideration of Rs 1,162.0 million consisting of an issue of 5 per cent cumulative redeemable preference shares aggregating Rs. 383.7 million and Debt of Rs. 778.3 million towards the merger of Canere.