Blackstone to buy drug maker Ayumi in maiden Japan PE deal

Blackstone to buy drug maker Ayumi in maiden Japan PE deal

Blackstone Group LP headquarters stands in New York, U.S., on Friday, April 14, 2017. Photograph: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg

Blackstone Group said on Friday it had agreed to buy Japanese drug maker Ayumi Pharmaceutical Corp, a deal one person said was worth around $1 billion.

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