QHP Capital (NovaQuest PE) Acquires Lexitas Pharma Services

Funds Advised by Apax Partners Acquire Lexitas from Trinity Hunt Partners

November 5, 2019

Legal Services

Funds advised by Apax Partners (the Apax Funds) acquired Lexitas, a Houston-headquartered, technology-enabled litigation support services provider, from Trinity Hunt Partners and Lexitas management/other investors. The investment is intended to accelerate Lexitas's growth through geographic and salesforce expansion, technology differentiation, and strategic M&A.

Lexitas Acquires Phipps Reporting

July 19, 2022

Professional Services

Lexitas, a portfolio company of funds advised by Apax, has acquired Phipps Reporting, a West Palm Beach–based court reporting and litigation support firm with sixteen additional offices. The deal expands Lexitas’ litigation services footprint and enhances its service offerings across Florida, the Midwest and the Southeast.

QHP Capital Acquires AutoCruitment

October 27, 2022

Healthcare Services

QHP Capital, the management company for NovaQuest Private Equity, has acquired AutoCruitment, a digital patient recruitment platform that helps pharma, biotech and CROs identify, screen and recruit patients for clinical trials. Monroe Capital provided a senior credit facility to support the acquisition, and QHP says the investment will support continued growth and capability expansion of AutoCruitment's digital patient recruitment offerings.

Lexitas (Apax-backed) Acquires CD Photocopy

November 16, 2020

Legal Services

Lexitas, a portfolio company of funds advised by Apax Partners, has acquired CD Photocopy, a California-based records and document retrieval firm focused on defense-side workers' compensation and civil liability matters. The deal expands Lexitas' presence in Southern California (Tustin and Riverside) and strengthens relationships with major third-party administrators to support national growth of its records and litigation support services.

Novo Holdings Acquires Altasciences from Audax Private Equity

February 22, 2021

Healthcare Services

Novo Holdings has agreed to acquire Altasciences, a Laval, Canada–headquartered contract research and CDMO services provider, from Audax Private Equity. Altasciences— which operates six facilities across the U.S. and Canada and employs over 1,300 people—will remain led by CEO Chris Perkin and is expected to continue expanding domestically and internationally under Novo Holdings' ownership.

Pouschine Cook Leads Investment in Curexa Pharmacy

December 4, 2021

Healthcare Services

Pouschine Cook Capital Management led a growth investment in Curexa Pharmacy, a PCAB-accredited 503A compounding pharmacy that partners with direct-to-consumer telemedicine brands. Institutional co-investors included ORIX Corporation USA’s Private Equity Solutions group and Hexagon; First Horizon Bank provided senior credit facilities and management completed a meaningful rollover to support continued scaling of Curexa’s digital and pharmacy infrastructure.