Uniphar swallows Bradley Group en route to an IPO

Irish drug wholesale company Uniphar has acquired Bradley Pharmacy Group in a move that will bring it closer to an initial public offering.

The High Court appointed an interim examiner to Bradley group, which has debts of about €24 million, in August. Now Bradley, which operates 20 pharmacies across Louth, Meath, Monaghan, Dublin, Wicklow and Kerry, will be rebranded under Uniphar’s Allcare brand.

This will make it the largest branded group in the ...