NPIL SET TO BUY PATHOLOGICAL LABS FOR RS 60 CRORE
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Nicholas Piramal India Limited (NPIL) has drawn up plans to acquire a chain of pathological labs in the next three months. It will enter into equity understandings, valued at Rs60 crore, with large pathological labs in Delhi, Calcutta, Mumbai, Bangalore and Hyderabad. NPIL will hold 80 per cent of the equity though not go in for an outright purchase. It has already entered into such a deal with Tribeni and Roy of Calcutta. Besides this, Nicholas proposes to form a joint venture with three foreign partners to carry out phase-III clinical trials for new drugs, provide ambulatory care and offer insurance and healthcare products to corporates and individuals.(uh)
Publication Name: Economic Times
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0389
Year: 1998
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NPIL IN 3-WAY JV FOR FOOD ADDITIVES
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Nicholas Piramal India Limited (NPIL), a drug formulations and food additives producer, has signed a 3-way tie-up with a British and a US company. The tie-up is for making food additives. This is part of NPIL's plan to focus on exports. NPIL proposes to earn Rs150 crore through exports in 1999-2000 (Rs30 crore projected for 1998-99). It proposes to hold a 49 percent stake in the company, while the rest will be held by the foreign promoters. The foreign promoters have spent on a production facility in Hyderabad. NPIL is expected to earn Rs50 crore from its food additives business in 1999-2000. (ag)
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Signs 3-way tie-up with a British and a US company for manufacturing food additives
Publication Name: Economic Times
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0389
Year: 1998
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NPIL GOES HERBAL, GETS INTO JV WITH AYURVEDA FIRM
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Nicholas Piramal India Ltd (NPIL), a pharmaceutical company, has made 50:50 tie-up with Shree Dhootapapeshwar (SD) of Maharashtra. SD makes ayurvedic medicines. The tie-up is NPIL's first foray into the herbal drugs market. The joint venture company, Solumix Piramal Ltd (SPL), will sell 16 medicines of the ethical products division of SD. This division will be acquired by SPL along with its field staff of 100. The tie-up will offer NPIL inputs for its new focus on phyto-chemistry research at the Hoechst Research Centre. (ag)
Publication Name: Economic Times
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0389
Year: 1998
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