Genzyme Completes Sale of Diagnostics Business to Sekisui Chemical Co.

Agrees to Sell Pharmaceuticals Business to International Chemical Investors Group

08-Feb-2011 - USA

Genzyme Corporation announced that it has completed the sale of its diagnostic products business to Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd. for $265 million in cash.

Sekisui purchased substantially all of the assets of the business, including diagnostic product lines and technologies. Genzyme’s approximately 575 employees in the business were offered similar positions with Sekisui, which plans to maintain operations in each of the business’s current locations. In connection with the sale, Sekisui also entered into a supply agreement to provide Genzyme with certain enzymes needed for the production of Cerezyme® (imiglucerase for injection).

Genzyme also announced that it has entered into a purchase agreement under which an affiliate of International Chemical Investors Group (ICIG) will acquire Genzyme’s pharmaceutical intermediates business.

Under the terms of the agreement, ICIG will purchase substantially all of the pharmaceutical intermediates business, excluding the drug delivery technologies portion of the business. ICIG has agreed to offer employment to the unit’s approximately 120 employees upon closing, and plans to maintain operations at its primary location, a manufacturing facility in Liestal, Switzerland. The acquired pharmaceutical intermediates business will be renamed Corden Pharma Switzerland LLC and will operate as part of ICIG’s pharmaceutical business within the Corden Pharma platform.

The companies’ goal is to close the transaction during the first quarter of 2011. Financial terms are not material to Genzyme and were not disclosed.

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