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Perrigo Company plc / HRA Pharma

2021 · Acquisition/Merger · $2.1B · Complete

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Sep 08, 2021 Bloomberg Neutral

Perrigo Company plc agreed to buy France-based HRA Pharma from Astorg and Goldman Sachs Asset Management for 1.8 billion euros, expanding the Irish company's…

Sep 08, 2021 STAT News Neutral

Perrigo announced a $2.1 billion deal to acquire France's HRA Pharma, picking up category-leading consumer health brands ellaOne, Compeed and Mederma. The…

Jul 10, 2024 Perrigo Press Release (PR Newswire) Neutral

Perrigo completed divestment of the HRA Pharma Rare Diseases business to Esteve Healthcare for up to EUR275M (EUR190M upfront + up to EUR85M earnout); RD unit…

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Perrigo acquired HRA Pharma from Astorg Partners and Goldman Sachs Asset Management for EUR 1.8B (~$2.1B) cash, announced September 8, 2021 and closed April 29, 2022, expanding its consumer self-care platform with category-leading brands including Compeed (blister care), ellaOne (women's health) and Mederma (scar care). Post-close, the women's-health franchise delivered the deal's signature value event: on July 13, 2023 the FDA approved Opill, the first-ever OTC daily oral contraceptive in the US (all ages), which began broad retail and online distribution in Q1 2024. In a portfolio refinement, Perrigo divested the non-core HRA Pharma Rare Diseases business to Esteve Healthcare on July 10, 2024 for up to EUR 275M (EUR 190M upfront plus up to EUR 85M in earnouts; the unit posted ~EUR 50M 2023 net sales / ~EUR 20M adj. EBITDA), redeploying proceeds to debt repayment while retaining the core consumer self-care brands. The deal thesis — building Perrigo's branded consumer self-care platform around women's health and adjacent OTC categories — holds and was validated by the Opill launch.

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