Kinderhook Industries Acquires Paramount Specialty Pharmacy and PharmBlue, Consolidates into Avita
June 8, 2020
Kinderhook Industries acquired Paramount Specialty Pharmacy (Melville, NY) and PharmBlue Holdings (Warrendale, PA) and combined them with prior Covered Entity-focused pharmacy investments to form the consolidated platform Avita. The combined company positions Avita as a nationwide provider of Covered Entity pharmacy solutions with a portfolio of roughly 63 pharmacies and a Dallas, Texas headquarters to serve Ryan White/STD grantees, AIDS service organizations, and Federally Qualified Health Centers.
- Buyers
- Kinderhook Industries, LLC
- Targets
- Paramount Specialty Pharmacy, PharmBlue Holdings
- Platforms
- Avita
- Industry
- Healthcare Services
- Location
- United States
- Transaction Type
- Addon
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