China's Fosun Pharma to buy stake in India's Gland Pharma

Fosun Pharma has now agreed to reduce the size of the stake acquisition in India's Gland Pharma to 74% from 86% earlier.

A company logo is pictured at the headquarters of Shanghai Fosun Pharma Group in Shanghai. Photo: Reuters

Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical Group has agreed to cut the size of the stake it will buy in India's Gland Pharma to 74%, the Chinese drugmaker said on Sunday.

It said Gland Pharma's founding family wanted to retain a higher stake in the Indian firm because of its good performance.

Fosun had previously been targetting an 86% stake valued at about $1.26 billion. It said in a statement to the stock exchange that the board had approved the new plan, which would involve investment of no more than $1.09 billion.

The deal had earlier faced some concerns in India, a source has told Reuters.

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Under the new terms, Fosun Pharma said it would spend no more than $25 million for the Indian firm`s Enoxaparin prototype sales in the United States, when it gets approval there, cutting the previously proposed amount by half.

The firm has also delayed the closing date for the deal to Oct. 3 from Sept. 26.

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