Afya Limited Announces the Acquisition of RX PRO
10/01/2021 - 04:30 PM
NOVA LIMA , Brazil --(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Afya Limited , or Afya (Nasdaq: AFYA ) today announced the acquisition of 100% of the total share capital of RX PRO, a solution that connects physicians with the pharmaceutical industry, providing specialized and personalized marketing for those companies, in a more convenient way for physicians. RX PRO does this by delivering free samples to a community of pre-selected physicians and offering medical updates regarding pharmaceutical products and treatments in a fast and efficient way for doctors.
RX PRO has already delivered free samples to more than 45,000 physicians with an innovative digital experience, with an NPS of 83 and as of today has more than 12 pharmaceutical companies using its platform. The Company has an expected gross revenue for 2021 of R$8.9 million .
RX PRO incorporates the digital prescription pillar and further strengthens Afya's digital ecosystem thesis.
The aggregate purchase price (enterprise value) paid to sellers was R$35.4 million , of which 85% was paid in cash and 15% is paid in Afya Stocks. An earn-out of up to R$21 million can be paid related to gross revenue achievements for 2022, 2023 and 2024.
About Afya
Afya is a leading medical education group in Brazil based on number of medical school seats, delivering an end-to-end physician-centric ecosystem that serves and empowers students and physicians to transform their ambitions into rewarding lifelong experiences from the moment they join us as medical students through their medical residency preparation, graduation program, continuing medical education activities and offering digital products to help doctors enhance their healthcare services through their whole career.
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Investor Relations Contact:
Afya Limited
ir@afya.com.br
Media Contact:
Moraes Marin
cintia.marin@afya.com.br
Source: Afya
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Industry
Elementary and Secondary Schools
Sector
Educational Services
Tags
Consumer Services, Other Consumer Services, Educational Services, Elementary and Secondary Schools
Country
Brazil
City
Nova Lima
About AFYA
afya limited, through its subsidiaries, operates as a medical education group in brazil. the company provides educational products and services, including medical schools, medical residency preparatory courses, graduate courses, and other programs to lifelong medical learners enrolled across its distribution network, as well as to third-party medical schools. it offers health sciences courses, which comprise medicine, dentistry, nursing, radiology, psychology, pharmacy, physical education, physiotherapy, nutrition, and biomedicine; and degree programs and courses in other subjects and disciplines, including undergraduate and post graduate courses in business administration, accounting, law, civil and mechanical engineering, industrial engineering, dentistry, pedagogy, nutrition, physiotherapy, psychology, architecture, veterinary medicine, and others. in addition, the company provides distance learning residency preparatory courses through its online platform; and develops and sells pr
