Software solutions for banks focused in particular on combating money-laundering. The sale to Swiss software vendor Temenos was among the largest deals in the European software vendor market in 2009.
Tonnellerie Saury joined the Charlois group, a family of stave producers for six generations, in December 2009. Production from the Charlois group’s two stave mills gives Tonnellerie Saury access to very high quality staves and ensures complete integration of the production chain.
Dutch company specialised in the clinical development of therapeutic antibodies. The company sold exclusive rights to its PG-110 antibody to Abbott for $190 million. Developed by PanGenetics, PG-110 is a humanised antibody targeting nerve growth factor (in phase I clinical trials). To date, the company has raised close to €51 million in the three funding rounds completed between 2005 and 2008. The deal is an endorsement of the company’s novel strategy predicated on the development of proprietary products and the licensing of new products, excluding R&D activities.
Founded in 2005 to break new ground in the treatment of retinal conditions, Fovea Pharmaceuticals has built an R&D portfolio covering ocular conditions with unmet needs, and now forms Sanofi’s Ophthalmology division. Its core approach is to put patients at the heart of its strategy, thanks to its presence at the Institut de la Vision located on the Quinze-Vingts hospital campus. Its team consists almost exclusively of research scientists.
The company was bought by Sanofi Aventis in 2009 in a deal worth up to €370 million.
Mutabilis is a biopharmaceutical company specialised in the discovery and development of anti-infectives. Mutabilis discovers and develops innovative anti-infectives, a novel class of drug addressing the current issues arising from resistance to antibiotics and targeting severe bacterial infections. Mutabilis’ new therapies target nosocomial infections in particular.
The Ortec group provides a broad range of multidisciplinary and complementary services encompassing maintenance, construction works, environmental services, facilities management and logistics, engineering and project owner assistance.
Leyton provides payroll charge and tax consulting services with a focus on three business lines: payroll charge reductions, research tax credit (known as the CIR in France) and reductions in occupational accident contributions. The group has focused on small businesses (fewer than 1,000 employees) because they are not generally well catered for by the major players in the sector.
The Micromania group is a specialist distributor of video games and consoles and operates a network of branches and franchised stores in shopping centres and city-centre locations. The Group bolstered its coverage of city-centre locations by acquiring its rival Dock Games.
Founded in 1953, Heurtey Petrochem is an international oil and gas engineering group operating in two market segments: 1) process furnaces for refining, petrochemicals, and hydrogen production, an area in which Heurtey Petrochem is a world leader, 2) natural gas treatment through its Prosernat subsidiary.
Distribution of spare parts for heavy goods vehicles and agricultural tractors to hauliers, garage owners, dealers, agents and resellers
