Biostar Pharmaceuticals Signs Agreement to Acquire Shaanxi Weinan Huaren


Biostar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. recently announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Shaanxi Aoxing Pharmaceutical, Ltd., entered into a Share Transfer Agreement to acquire Shaanxi Weinan Huaren Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. from the holders of 100% of equity interests in Shaanxi Weinan. The aggregate purchase price is approximately $9.62 million, all cash and payable in several tranches.

Shaanxi Weinan owns drug approvals and permits for a portfolio of 86 drugs and one health product, all of which, following the completion of this acquisition, will be added to the company’s current drug portfolio. The company anticipates to complete this acquisition on or before October 31, 2011, after all the closing conditions are met.

“The Shaanxi Weinan’s portfolio of 86 drugs and one heath product, does not, for the most part, overlap with our current product line,” said Ronghua Wang, Biostar Pharmaceutical’s Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer. “This acquisition should enable us to further increase our market share in the 25 provinces where we currently distribute and expand into the remaining provinces. Upon closing, we will start marketing many of these products using our extensive sales network, which covers 25 provinces and over 11,000 rural medical sales outlets. This acquisition is expected to be accretive to earnings in 2012.”

Biostar Pharmaceuticals, Inc., through its wholly owned subsidiary and controlled affiliate in China, develops, manufactures, and markets pharmaceutical and health supplement products for a variety of diseases and conditions. The company’s most popular product is its Xin Ao Xing Oleanolic Acid Capsule, an over-the-counter medicine for chronic hepatitis B, a disease affecting approximately 10% of the Chinese population. In addition to its hepatitis product, Biostar currently manufactures two broad-based OTC products, two prescription-based pharmaceuticals, one medical device, and five health supplements.