
Bridgepoint Development Capital picks up Quotient
Bridgepoint Development Capital (BDC) has acquired outsourced drug development business Quotient Clinical from Quotient Bioresearch Group.
BDC intends to capitalise on the 6% annual growth rate forecast for the outsourced drug development market, which is currently valued at $30bn.
Debt
Debt for the deal was provided by HSBC.
Company
Quotient Clinical has developed a platform that integrates formulation development, real-time drug product manufacturing and clinical testing in order to reduce the time and cost of bringing a drug to market.
The business services pharmaceutical companies, with more than 75% of its revenues generated from US or European customers.
The company has two facilities in the UK, one in Nottingham and the other in Edinburgh, and employs 200 people.
People
Mark Egerton is CEO of Quotient Clinical.
Advisers
Equity – EY (Financial due diligence); Travers Smith (Legal); LEK (Commercial due diligence).
Latest News
Stonehage Fleming raises USD 130m for largest fund to date, eyes 2024 programme
Multi-family office has seen strong appetite, with investor base growing since 2016 to more than 90 family offices, Meiping Yap told Unquote
Permira to take Ergomed private for GBP 703m
Sponsor deploys Permira VIII to ride new wave of take-privates; Blackstone commits GBP 200m in financing for UK-based CRO
Partners Group to release IMs for Civica sale in mid-September
Sponsor acquired the public software group in July 2017 via the same-year vintage Partners Group Global Value 2017
Change of mind: Sponsors take to de-listing their own assets
EQT and Cinven seen as bellweather for funds to reassess options for listed assets trading underwater