Earlier this year, Fosun also agreed to sell its 4.89% stake in Tsingtao Brewery Co Ltd and is reducing its stake in Fosun Tourism too.
The vaccine, known as BNT162b2, will be tested on volunteers at the Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention to assess safety and immunogenicity, eyeing future approval in China, the two companies said in a statement.
If the listing plans fructify, it would also mark the first major IPO by an Indian company that has a Chinese parent.
The IPO is a mixture of primary and secondary issue of shares with both China’s Fosun group and the founders of Gland Pharma due to dilute shares. Gland Pharma may look to launch the IPO in November 2020
As per reports, Fosun had made a formal proposal to purchase stake in two companies.
The stake-sale process is aimed at raising growth capital and strengthening the Piramal group’s balance sheet.
Fosun Pharma said Gland Pharma's founding family wanted to retain a higher stake in the Indian firm because of its good performance.
The deal has won the approval of the Competition Commission of India (CCI) and India's Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) in the last few months, but some in the government have expressed concerns, the source said, declining to be named.
China's Fosun today signed an agreement to acquire Brazil-based investment management firm Rio Bravo, according to a statement, just a day after the Chinese conglomerate announced another massive overseas deal.