Tracked deals
10
10 tracked deals across 2019-2026.
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
QHP Capital invests in life sciences and pharma services companies with proven products, services, and enabling technologies, partnering with founders and management teams to create long-term value. The firm is based in the Research Triangle Park area of North Carolina and is the management company for NovaQuest Private Equity.
Tracked deals
10
10 tracked deals across 2019-2026.
Recent pace
1
1 tracked deal announced in the last 12 months.
Deal mix
Buyout
8 buyout · 1 addon · 1 growth capital
Last 6 years
Supporting Data
Lexitas Pharma Services (a QHP Capital portfolio company) acquired Erie Retina Research, along with CASExERIE and the assets of Element Erie: Imaging & Reading Center, to expand its retina-focused clinical research platform. Erie Retina Research will operate as a wholly owned subsidiary of Lexitas, CASExERIE will continue to operate within Erie Retina Research, and Element Erie’s imaging/reading capabilities will be integrated into Lexitas’ trial services.
Spectra Medical Devices, a portfolio company of QHP Capital, has closed its acquisition of XL Precision Technologies Ltd., a Stockton‑on‑Tees based CDMO that manufactures precision micro-components, complex tubular components, and sub‑assemblies for the medical device industry. Rubicon Partners Industries, which acquired XL‑PT in 2008, was the seller; the deal expands Spectra's development and precision‑manufacturing capabilities to better serve medical device OEMs.
QHP Capital has acquired Principal IRB and relaunched the business as Univo IRB, a next-generation institutional review board focused on agile IRB review services for clinical trials. The investment positions QHP to build and scale a tech-enabled life sciences services platform, leveraging Univo's accredited IRB team and industry-focused technologies to support sponsors, CROs, and device companies.
QHP Capital has acquired Applied StemCell, a Milpitas, California–based cell and gene therapy CRO/CDMO that provides iPSC and TARGATT gene‑editing platforms for biopharma and research clients. QHP said the acquisition will provide strategic capital and operating support to accelerate ASC's commercial expansion and scale its manufacturing and service capabilities for the cell and gene therapy market.
QHP Capital, L.P. has made an investment in COPILOT Provider Support Services, a Maitland, Florida-based hub services platform that provides reimbursement and patient-access solutions to pharmaceutical companies and healthcare providers. Stellus Capital Management provided unitranche financing and an equity co-investment to support QHP's investment and the company's continued growth and capability expansion.
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.
QHP Capital, the management company for NovaQuest Private Equity, has acquired Lexitas Pharma Services, a Durham-based full-service ophthalmology contract research organization (CRO). The private equity investment is intended to support Lexitas’s continued growth and capability expansion in ophthalmic clinical trial services for biopharmaceutical and medical device clients.
NovaQuest Private Equity has acquired a majority interest in Pro-ficiency, a Durham, North Carolina–based provider of simulation-based clinical trial training, compliance solutions, and analytics for sponsors and CROs. The growth equity investment will support Pro-ficiency's expansion of its platform, content, and team; deal terms were not disclosed.
NovaQuest Private Equity acquired CoreRx, Inc., a Clearwater, Florida–based contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO). Affiliates of Signet Healthcare Partners will retain a minority stake; Goldman Sachs Specialty Lending Group provided debt financing. NovaQuest said the investment will support continued growth and capability expansion of CoreRx's clinical and commercial CDMO services.
CutisPharma, majority-backed by NovaQuest Private Equity (now QHP Capital), has acquired Silvergate Pharmaceuticals and the combined company will be rebranded as Azurity Pharmaceuticals. The transaction consolidates complementary specialty pharmaceutical portfolios and capabilities—combining CutisPharma’s recently launched products with Silvergate’s SG-05 pipeline submission—and is supported by debt financing arranged by Goldman Sachs Specialty Lending Group.
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