Novo Holdings Acquires Medical Knowledge Group

Novo Holdings Leads $50M Growth Investment in MedGenome

August 30, 2022

Biotechnology

Novo Holdings led a $50 million minority investment in MedGenome alongside existing investors LeapFrog Investments and Sofina. The capital will support MedGenome’s expansion beyond South Asia into Africa and the Middle East and broaden access to its genomic testing, bioinformatics and research services.

Medical Knowledge Group Acquires Sound Healthcare Communications

August 1, 2022

Marketing & Advertising

Medical Knowledge Group LLC has acquired Sound Healthcare Communications, a full-service healthcare communications agency founded in 2014. The acquisition expands MKG’s drug-commercialization capabilities by adding Sound’s HCP and patient marketing expertise to MKG’s data-analytics, medical communications, market research, and market access services.

Novo Holdings Acquires BBI Group

June 15, 2021

Medical Devices

Novo Holdings A/S has agreed to acquire BBI Group from Exponent for an enterprise value of over GBP 400 million, becoming the company's majority shareholder. BBI, a Crumlin, South Wales–headquartered supplier of diagnostics reagents, lateral flow development and diagnostic manufacturing services with more than 400 employees, will benefit from Novo Holdings' life-sciences expertise to pursue organic and inorganic growth.

Medical Knowledge Group Acquires Magnolia Innovation

October 12, 2020

Healthcare Services

Medical Knowledge Group (MKG), a portfolio company of Court Square Capital Management, has acquired Magnolia Innovation, a boutique market research and strategy consulting firm serving the biopharmaceutical industry. The acquisition expands MKG's research and commercialization capabilities by combining Magnolia's life-sciences market-insight expertise with MKG's analytics-driven solutions; Hyde Park Capital served as exclusive advisor to Magnolia.

Court Square Capital Recapitalizes Medical Knowledge Group

January 8, 2020

Healthcare Services

Investment funds managed by Court Square Capital Partners completed a recapitalization of Medical Knowledge Group, a New York–based analytics-driven commercialization and multi-channel marketing solutions provider to biopharmaceutical companies. The transaction provides Medical Knowledge Group’s management with additional resources to pursue growth initiatives; WindRose Health Investors, the prior majority sponsor, facilitated the sale as part of an investor exit.

Novo Holdings Invests in Oxford Biomedica plc

May 28, 2019

Biotechnology

Novo Holdings A/S agreed to invest up to £53.5 million in new ordinary shares of Oxford Biomedica plc, taking up to a 10.1% stake. The proceeds will be used to repay an existing Oaktree debt facility in full and to scale Oxford Biomedica's LentiVector platform and proprietary product portfolio.