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GSK Finalizes PE Firms For Assets Sale

GlaxoSmithKline has shortlisted a group of private equity funds and strategic bidders for the sale of its non-core over-the-counter products.

    GlaxoSmithKline(GSK) has shortlisted a group of private equity funds and strategic bidders for the sale of its non-core over-the-counter products. The bidders include private equity fundsBain Capital,Blackstoneand German pharmaceutical groupBoehringer Ingelheim.

    The sale will fetch the U.K. pharmaceutical company an estimated £1.5 billion. Other interested firms includeThomas H. Lee Partners,Bayer Groupand Brussels-listed pharmaceutical companyOmega Pharma. Final-round bids are likely to be tendered at the end of September or early October. The process is being managed byGoldman Sachs.

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