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Dr. Reddy's to Acquire Dowpharma Small Molecules Business

PharmaManufacturing.com
04/01/2008

Dr. Reddy's Laboratories on Apr. 1 announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with The Dow Chemical Company to acquire a portion of Dowpharma Small Molecules business associated with its United Kingdom sites in Mirfield and Cambridge. The financial terms and conditions of the transaction are not being disclosed at this point in time. The transaction is scheduled to close on April 30, 2008 pending regulatory approval.

The acquisition will include the relevant business, customer contracts, associated products, process technology, intellectual property, trademarks as well as the transfer of the facilities at Mirfield and Cambridge in the United Kingdom. The two sites and the business employ around 80 people. Dr. Reddy's will also have a non-exclusive license to Dow's Pfenex Expression Technology for biocatalysis development.

Satish Reddy, managing director & chief operating officer, Dr. Reddy's Laboratories, said, "The proprietary chiral and biocatalysis technology at the Cambridge site and the scale up capability in the Mirfield site will add significant value to the company. This acquisition will also bring strengths in industrial synthesis of complex prostaglandins and carbohydrate chemistry. These newer capabilities will add to our existing R&D and commercial infrastructure to position Dr. Reddy's as a leading provider of Custom Pharmaceutical Services globally."