Kirin Pushes Expansion of Wellness Business in $1.2 Billion Deal

  • Brewer to make chemical, vitamins supplier a direct subsidiary
  • Kirin targets 100 billion yen for wellness product revenue

People walk past a sign at the Kirin Holdings Co. headquarters in Tokyo.

Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg 

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Kirin Holdings Co. agreed to acquire most of the biochemicals business from its Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co. unit in a transaction valued at 128 billion yen ($1.2 billion) as it seeks to strengthen its budding consumer health-care segment.