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DSM, Sinochem Seal Antibiotics Deal

by Michael McCoy
September 5, 2011 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 89, Issue 36

DSM and Sinochem have completed a 50-50 joint venture that will own DSM’s anti-infectives business, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of penicillin and other antibiotics. Under the agreement, first announced in December 2010, Sinochem paid about $300 million for its 50% stake in the business, which has annual sales of roughly $425 million and about 2,000 employees. It will be named DSM Sinochem Pharmaceuticals and will have headquarters in Hong Kong.

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