Sreeja Biswas
General
Grapevine: Mankind plans fundraise for BSV deal; Raymond to list two more units
Mankind Pharma Ltd plans to raise over Rs 9,000 crore ($1.2 billion) through non-convertible debentures (NCDs) and short-term commercial paper to ......
Healthcare
Exclusive: PE-backed platforms in fray for API maker Aurore Life
Hyderabad-based bulk-drugs maker Aurore Life Sciences has attracted interest from a number of suitors, including pharmaceutical platforms formed by private ......
Healthcare
Searchlight: Hetero Health rebounds after post-COVID crash on manufacturing boost
Hetero Healthcare Ltd, which is a part of one of the major pharmaceutical groups in India Hetero group, witnessed a ......
General
Grapevine: Coca-Cola gets suitors for India arm; Infra.Market picks banks for IPO
The Burman family of Dabur and the Bhartias, promoters of Jubilant Group, are nearing a deal to acquire a 40% ......
Healthcare
Former Practo, Unacademy exec foraying into elder care with new venture
Vikas Kumar, a founding team member at digital healthcare platform Practo and former chief business officer at edtech unicorn Unacademy, ......
General
Grapevine: MUFG to step up India play; Quadria to finish Fund I exit by year-end
MUFG Bank aims to accelerate its investments in India, where it has over $10 billion (Rs 83,898 crore) in exposure, including ......
Healthcare
PE-backed Medikabazaar names former Healthium Medtech exec new CEO
Medikabazaar, a business-to-business online marketplace for medical supplies, said Wednesday it has appointed Dinesh Lodha as the new group CEO. Lodha, ......
General
Grapevine: Fairfax, Bain eye API maker; ChrysCap nears deal for Belgian Waffle
Canadian billionaire Prem Watsa's Fairfax and US private equity firm Bain Capital are competing to acquire Vadodara-based API maker Farmson Basic Drugs in a deal ......
Healthcare
Temasek-backed firm, Zydus may recast API, gelatine business of Sterling Biotech
The owners of Sterling Biotech--Generic drugmaker Zydus Lifesciences Ltd and private equity Temasek-backed Perfect Day Inc—plan to restructure some of the businesses ......
Finance
Fairfax sells stake in health insurance third party aggregator arm
Fairfax Asia, part of the bigger financial services conglomerate Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd owned by billionaire Prem Watsa, has sold ......