Cinven's Mercury Pharma Buy Could Spur European Specialty Consolidation
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
Cinven’s $730 million acquisition of the U.K.-based specialty company Mercury Pharma could act as a platform to consolidate the sector in Europe, suggests the private equity company.
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