Boehringer Ingelheim Consumer Healthcare business acquired by Sanofi
Sanofi acquired Boehringer Ingelheim Consumer Healthcare business, a Global / Germany consumer healthcare / otc pharmaceuticals brand, on Jan 4, 2017.
Transaction summary
- Target
- Boehringer Ingelheim Consumer Healthcare business
- Acquirer
- Sanofi
- Seller
- Boehringer Ingelheim
- Announced
- 2016-06-27
- Completed
- 2017-01-04
- Geography
- Global / Germany
- Type
- Acquisition
- Deal type
- Control
- Stake acquired
- -
- First added
- 2026-06-19
- Latest update
- 2026-10-31
Value and multiples
100% enterprise value
USD 7.3B
100% enterprise value | USD
Basis: Estimated
Reported price is assumed to be 100% EV unless stated otherwise. Partial-stake estimates are qualified in the basis notes.
EV / revenue
4.4x
Period not stated
Basis: FundComb estimate
EV / EBITDA
16.1x
EBITDA basis not stated
Basis: FundComb estimate
Basis
- Sanofi took over Boehringer Ingelheim’s consumer healthcare business in an asset swap completed in early 2017; PMLiVE reported the whole swap at EUR 21.8bn. FundComb’s comps spreadsheet values the consumer healthcare business at about USD 7.3bn and gives 4.4x revenue and 16.1x EBITDA. These are FundComb estimates, not confirmed by a public source; the revenue, EBITDA and period behind the multiples are not stated.
Other reviewed estimates
Earlier estimates and their sources.
EV/sales multiple of 4.4x and EV/EBITDA multiple of 16.1x come from the pasted VMS spreadsheet; no public web evidence supplied confirms these multiples.
EV / revenue 4.4x | EV / EBITDA 16.1x
Source summary
Sanofi and Boehringer Ingelheim complete €21.8bn asset swap - PMLiVE
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