Apax Partners inks Acquisition Deal With TPG-controlled Healthium MedTech
Apax Partners inks Acquisition Deal With TPG-controlled Healthium MedTech

Apax Partners has involved an affiliate into a definitive agreement to acquire a controlling stake in Healthium MedTech Pvt. Ltd.

The buyout firm has taken the controlling stake from existing shareholders including TPG Growth, CX Partners, and founding shareholders. The transaction is subject to customary approvals, it said in a statement.

Backed by Apax Funds, Healthium plans to deepen its presence in the Indian market and broaden its portfolio of specialty Medtech products.

As per the reports, Apax was buying Healthuim, previously known as Sutures India, in a deal pegged at a little less than Rs 2,000 crore.

Shashank Singh, partner at Apax, said in the statement that healthcare is a key focus area for the PE firm in India given the secular tailwinds around healthcare spending and government initiatives focussed on affordable and universal healthcare.

“Healthium, with its strong IP (intellectual property) and domestic manufacturing base, is well positioned to improve healthcare access and drive excellence in local manufacturing under the Make in India programme,” he said.

The acquisition was made via Quinag Acquisition (FDI) Ltd, a company backed by funds advised by Apax Partners or colloquially known as the Apax Funds.

Healthium will be the eighth investment in India for the Apax Funds over the past 11 years. Including this transaction, the Apax Funds have invested just under $2 billion of equity in the country, the statement said.

The investment in Healthium marks the second investment in the healthcare space for the Apax Funds in India, after the investment in Apollo Hospitals a decade ago.

Matt Hobart, partner at TPG Growth and global leader of the fund’s healthcare practice said, “From the time we invested five years ago, Healthium has always delivered extremely well on that quality-cost equation.”

Founded in 1992, Healthium makes and sells a broad range of medical devices and consumable products across hospitals, nursing homes, and government hospitals and institutions, and services over 10,000 hospitals across the country including wound closure products, minimally invasive products, arthroscopy consumables and urology products. The company’s key brands include Trusynth, Truglyde, Trubond, and Sironix, the statement said.

 
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