PE-backed CSO Operator To Acquire Medical Inf. Provider

Apo Plus Station KK(APS), a PE-backed CSO operator, announced that APS acquired a majority shareholding in Synergy International Inc., a Tokyo-based information service provider specializing in the health care and medical science fields. APS, with this acquisition, will create a one-stop service to meet the wide-ranging needs of the pharmaceutical industry. J-STAR Co., Ltd., a Tokyo-based midsized buyout firm, invested in APS in September 2010.