RTP’s QHP Capital acquires gene tech firm Applied StemCell
Applied StemCell specializes in cell and gene therapy products and services. QHP’s investment in the company reflects a history of healthcare and pharma investment.
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Private equity firm QHP Capital building an empire on legacy of Quintiles founder Dennis Gillings
Eight years since inception, QHP Capital has about $2.5 billion of assets under management after making 10 investments in “picks and shovels” companies that are part
of the medical services and technology. It has made 12 add-on acquisitions. The firm has raised $875 million in two funds. Read more about the firm and its leadership in this Business North Carolina exclusive written by Editor David Mildenberg.
Triangle philanthropist Joan Suzanne Heckler Gillings dies
“Can’t solve all the world’s problems,” Joan Gillings once said, “But we can try.” So reads the obituary of Joan Suzanne Heckler Gillings, who died on Feb. 18, according to an obitiuary published by her family on Feb. 28.
Read MoreGillings, other investors sell 12M shares in IQVIA, which buys 4M
Dennis Gillings, the retired former CEO and chair as well as co-founder of Quintiles, along with other investors have sold 12 million shares in IQVIA.
Read MoreIn a simple SEC filing, IQVIA says Quintiles founder Dennis Gillings has retired
Dennis Gillings, the former UNC Chapel Hill professor who founded and built Quintiles from a trailer into one of the world’s life sciences services companies, has retired.
Read MoreSAS co-founder billionaires Goodnight, Sall see ‘real time’ jump in fortunes
As North Carolina gains a new billionaire, the fortunes of Jim Goodnight and John Sall, co-founders of international software firm SAS, haven’t changed much over the past year.
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