Advanz Pharma

Business Description

ADVANZ PHARMA, is a specialty pharmaceutical company with a strategic focus on complex medicines with direct sales access in Europe and a global distribution network.

With an agile and experienced team, including direct sales, marketing and medical capability across many of Europe’s major markets, ADVANZ PHARMA supplies, innovates and enhances the critical medicines patients depend on, ensuring continued patient access and improving healthcare outcomes.

ADVANZ PHARMA has a broad expertise in several therapeutic areas with particular strengths in the critical care, anti-infectives, endocrinology, cardiovascular and central nervous system therapeutic areas, along with direct sales access in Europe, making it an attractive partner when commercialising complex medicines.

ADVANZ PHARMA has commercial affiliates in Europe, North America and Australia, and supply chain, regulatory as well as administrative operations in India. Furthermore, ADVANZ PHARMA has an established global network of commercial partners throughout the rest of the world.

Nordic Capital acquired ADVANZ PHARMA in 2021. The investment is at the core of Nordic Capital’s healthcare investment strategy. As an active and supportive owner, Nordic Capital sees strong opportunities to further invest in and strengthen ADVANZ PHARMA’s platform and to accelerate the company’s pipeline of innovative specialty pharmaceutical products.

 

Sector

Healthcare

Key Information

Revenues 2020

EUR 470 million

Employees

545

Ownership

Nordic Capital Fund X (controlling shareholding)

Head office

London, United Kingdom

Investment date

2021