<article><a style="color: #000080;" href="http://dealstreetasia.com/tag/unison">Unison Capital</a>, a Tokyo-based private equity firm, is exploring a sale of <a style="color: #000080;" href="http://dealstreetasia.com/tag/ayumi">Ayumi Pharmaceutical Corp</a>, which makes drugs for rheumatic and orthopedic disorders, people with knowledge of the matter said.</article>

<a style="color: #000080;" href="http://dealstreetasia.com/tag/unison">Unison Capital</a>, a Tokyo-based private equity firm, is exploring a sale of <a style="color: #000080;" href="http://dealstreetasia.com/tag/ayumi">Ayumi Pharmaceutical Corp</a>, which makes drugs for rheumatic and orthopedic disorders, people with knowledge of the matter said.
Unison is working with JPMorgan Chase &amp; Co to gauge potential buyer interest in the Japanese drugmaker, which may be valued at around $1 billion, according to the people. The business could attract suitors including buyout funds and health-care companies, the people said, asking not to be identified because the information is private.
Japanese companies have announced a record $91 billion of health-care deals this year, led by Takeda Pharmaceutical Co’s proposed takeover of Shire Plc, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Tokyo-based trading house Mitsui &amp; Co announced last week it will spend $2 billion to become the biggest shareholder in Asian hospital operator IHH Healthcare Bhd.
Deliberations about a possible sale of Ayumi are at an early stage, and there’s no certainty they will lead to a transaction, the people said. Representatives for Ayumi, JPMorgan and Unison declined to comment.
Ayumi was formed after Unison-controlled Hyperion Pharma Co. acquired Santen Pharmaceutical Co.’s anti-rheumatism operations in 2015 and combined it with the drugs business of another Unison portfolio company.
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Unison Capital, a Tokyo-based private equity firm, is exploring a sale of Ayumi Pharmaceutical Corp, which makes drugs for rheumatic and orthopedic disorders.

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