Operating Company Healthcare

Essential Pharma

Egham, Surrey, United Kingdom

International specialty pharmaceutical company dedicated to maintaining access to clinically differentiated, niche medicines in small patient populations. Portfolio focuses on CNS, gastroenterology, ophthalmology, and rare disease; acquires low-volume, difficult-to-manufacture therapeutic products and late-stage clinical development assets and focuses on acquiring mature, established branded medicines at risk of shortage or discontinuation to ensure continued supply in more than 70 countries.

Focus Areas
Specialty pharmaceuticals, Branded medicines, CNS / Psychiatric therapeutics

Tracked deals

5

5 tracked deals across 2021-2025.

Recent pace

0

0 tracked deals announced in the last 12 months.

Deal mix

Buyout

2 buyout · 2 divestiture · 1 addon

Essential Pharma Acquisition Volume by Year

Last 4 years

Acquisition volume by year Annual acquisition counts for the last 4 years for Essential Pharma. 1 2021 1 2022 2 2024 1 2025

Supporting Data

Recent Transactions

  • Buyer
    PRN Physician Recommended Nutriceuticals, Acumen Health Holdings
    Target
    EyePromise
    Type
    Buyout

    PRN Physician Recommended Nutriceuticals, part of Acumen Health Holdings, has acquired EyePromise, a Chesterfield, Missouri-based maker of scientifically supported eye vitamins and ocular health products. The acquisition combines PRN’s anterior eye expertise with EyePromise’s posterior eye products to create a more comprehensive eye-health offering for practitioners and patients.

  • Buyer
    Essential Pharma
    Target
    Reminyl (galantamine hydrobromide) oral capsules
    Seller
    Janssen Pharmaceutica NV, Johnson & Johnson
    Industry
    Pharmaceuticals
    Location
    Antwerp, Belgium

    Essential Pharma has acquired rights to Reminyl (galantamine hydrobromide) oral capsules from Janssen Pharmaceutica NV (a Johnson & Johnson company). The deal transfers rights in the EEA, South Korea, Thailand and other current markets (excluding the UK & Ireland, Japan and Latin America), expanding Essential Pharma’s CNS portfolio and its presence in the Asia‑Pacific region.

  • Buyer
    Essential Pharma
    Target
    Renaissance Pharma Ltd
    Industry
    Pharmaceuticals
    Location
    Greater Manchester, United Kingdom
    Type
    Buyout

    Essential Pharma has completed the acquisition of all issued share capital of Renaissance Pharma Ltd, gaining the clinical-stage immunotherapy Hu14.18K322A (Hu14.18) for treatment of high‑risk neuroblastoma. The deal adds a development‑stage rare disease oncology asset to Essential Pharma's portfolio; Renaissance's CEO Simon Ball and members of the Renaissance team will continue to work with Essential on further development in partnership with St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

  • Buyer
    Essential Pharma, Gyrus Capital
    Target
    HALDOL (haloperidol), HALDOL Decanoate (haloperidol decanoate)
    Seller
    Janssen Pharmaceutica NV
    Industry
    Pharmaceuticals
    Location
    Antwerp, Belgium

    Gyrus Capital-backed Essential Pharma has acquired global rights to HALDOL (haloperidol) and HALDOL Decanoate from Janssen Pharmaceutica NV. The deal expands Essential Pharma's specialty CNS portfolio and secures continued global supply of this WHO-listed essential antipsychotic marketed in the US and more than 60 countries.

  • Buyer
    Essential Pharma, Rosemont Pharmaceuticals Limited
    Target
    Yorkdale Pharma Limited, Essential Pharma Liquids Limited, Two product rights from Novartis (ocular and postpartum therapies)
    Seller
    Rosemont Pharmaceuticals Limited, Essential Pharma, Novartis
    Industry
    Pharmaceuticals
    Location
    United Kingdom
    Type
    Addon

    Gyrus Capital‑backed Essential Pharma completed a refinancing and executed a series of portfolio transactions in December 2021. Essential Pharma acquired Yorkdale Pharma Limited from Rosemont Pharmaceuticals, divested its 14‑product oral liquid portfolio (Essential Pharma Liquids Limited) to Rosemont, and also acquired worldwide (ex‑US, ex‑India) rights to two products from Novartis to expand its global specialty pharmaceutical portfolio.

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