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Damier NV, the investment vehicle of Yvan Vindevogel, and Charterhouse Capital Partners LLP today announce that Cooper-Vemedia (“the Company”), a leading European OTC drug manufacturer and distributor, has acquired a portfolio of 12 pharmaceutical brands from Sanofi S.A. (“Sanofi”) for an amount of €158m.

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In order to ensure a consistent market approach, the Damier Group has created a new subsidiary, Vision Healthcare, as a strong and future-oriented vehicle carrying all its self-care and health related brands and companies. 

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The Damier group reached an agreement with the founder of Remark B.V., Jan Wouda, for the acquisition of 100% of the shares in Remark B.V., one of the key players in the Dutch Consumer Healthcare & Cosmetics market.

Damier Group announces the acquisition of Purasana, the Belgian market leader in branded and high quality healthy foods, food supplements and organic products.

Damier Group announces the acquisition of Bärbel Drexel, a German market leader in the mailorder and e-commerce branded direct-to-consumer market of vitamins and nutritional supplements.

The Damier Group NV and Launchpad Digital Health LLC have reached an agreement for Damier to invest a considerable amount in the San Francisco based investor in early-stage digital health companies and start-ups. This investment further strengthens Damier’s position within the consumer healthcare market and will allow Damier to further adapt its strategy and portfolio companies to current trends and technologies, both off- and online at an early stage.

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Simultanuously, the sale of the Vision Healthcare brands (including the suncare product Vision) to Vemedia Consumer Health was also completed.
Damier has reinvested a substantial amount in Alpha Topco, the combined group consisting of Cooper and Vemedia.

About Damier: Damier as an investment vehicle will continue to primarily invest in European companies and assets active in branded consumer healthcare sector. Damier also focuses on acquiring or investing in well-established brands or innovative technologies in the consumer healthcare, beauty, personal care and medical devices sectors. With Flinndal, its leading VMS (VitaminsMineralsSupplements) E- commerce platform in the Netherlands, Damier also invested in the E-commerce business and intends to reinforce its position in this area going forward.

Vemedia Consumer Health is set to be acquired by private-equity firm Charterhouse Capital Partners in a deal worth EUR375 million. The acquisition will expand Charterhouse’s presence in Europe’s consumer healthcare market, which it entered last year when it snapped up French OTC player Laboratoire Cooper.
“The combination of Vemedia and Cooper will create a European market leader in the OTC drugs sector,” commented Charterhouse. “The two businesses are highly complementary, and will be well positioned to lead the further consolidation of the European OTC medicines industry.” Under the terms of the deal, ownership of Vemedia with pass from IK Investment Partners to Alpha Topco, a subsidiary of Charterhouse. Damier Group – a minority investor in Vemedia – has promised to invest a “substantial amount” in Alpha Topco to support the growth of the business. Yvan Vindevogel, Vemedia’s chairman and Damier’s chief executive officer, said he was “convinced” that Charterhouse was “the right partner” to further execute Vemedia’s strategic plans through “internal, geographical and external growth”.

“Netherlands-based Vemedia Consumer Health is set to be acquired for EUR375 million (US$416 million) by Alpha Topco – which is majority-owned by private-equity firm Charterhouse Capital Partners – and Vemedia’s management. Following completion of the deal, Vemedia will work closely with French OTC company Laboratoire Cooper, which was recently acquired by Charterhouse.”

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Take-over of Vemedia Consumer Health by Alpha Topco (majority owned by Charterhouse) and the Management.

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ABC Chemicals, a key player on the Belgian market of raw materials and ingredients used for compounding in pharmacies, hospitals and others, is sold to Fagron.

Damier buys e-commerce VMS firm Flinndal: “Damier Group has acquired Flinndal – the e-commerce vitamins, minerals and supplements (VMS) business based in the Netherlands – for an undisclosed sum. Chief executive officer Yvan Vindevogel said Damier wanted to build Flinndal into a pan-European e-commerce VMS platform.”

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Flindal, the Dutch and Belgian leader in the online branded business-to-consumer market of vitamins and nutritional supplements.

The business newsletter for the consumer healthcare industry. “Damier makes major move with Dutch portfolio deal.”

An investment vehicle founded by consumer healthcare entrepreneur Yvan Vindevogel is on the lookout for well-established brands and innovative technologies, as it seeks to build a significant presence in Europe. Damier Group is also seeking distributors in key countries.

The Damier Group, through its subsidiary Vision Healthcare, acquires Takeda’s Consumer Healthcare products in the Netherlands. 

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The Damier Group, through its subsidiary Euphaco, participates in the acquisition of ABC Chemicals from the Vemedia group.