Ferrer Freeman & Company

Ferrer Freeman & Company, LLC is a private equity firm based in Greenwich, Connecticut, specializing in growth capital investments within the healthcare sector. Established in 1995, the firm has directed over $900 million into 36 companies, primarily in the lower middle market, targeting those with significant growth potential. Ferrer Freeman focuses on healthcare services, clinical products, and outsourcing and infrastructure, investing in both private and public entities. The firm collaborates closely with management teams to enhance operational performance, recruit executive talent, and develop business opportunities. With a strategy that encompasses both minority and majority investments, Ferrer Freeman typically invests between $10 million and $45 million in companies with revenues ranging from $20 million to $200 million. The firm emphasizes active engagement by taking board seats and participating in key committees, aiming for a holding period of three to seven years. Its deliberate approach to value creation is informed by extensive experience in the healthcare industry, enabling the firm to manage risk effectively and achieve attractive returns for its stakeholders.

Theodore B. Lundberg

Partner

Justin Yang

Principal

2 past transactions

Ernest Health

Debt Financing in 2011
Ernest Health, Inc. is a provider of specialized medical and rehabilitative services, operating community-based acute rehabilitation and long-term acute care facilities across the United States. The company focuses on helping patients recover from disabilities resulting from injuries, illnesses, and chronic or complex medical conditions. Ernest Health offers a wide range of treatments for various conditions, including amputations, brain injuries, strokes, and pulmonary diseases, among others. Additionally, the company provides specialized programs in general rehabilitation, neurology, and orthopedics, as well as various therapies such as aquatic, cognitive, occupational, and physical therapy. Founded in 2003 and based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Ernest Health has facilities located in several states, including Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Indiana, Montana, New Mexico, Ohio, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming.

Xcel Pharmaceuticals

Series C in 2003
Xcel Pharmaceuticals are a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on prescription products that treat disorders of the central nervous system (CNS). They currently focus on neurology, a segment of the CNS market where a limited number of high-prescribing physicians write a significant number of the prescriptions for neurology products. Their product portfolio consists of four commercial products and two product candidates. Their commercial products include two epilepsy products, Diastat® and Mysoline®, and two migraine products, Migranal® and D.H.E. 45®. Their product candidates include MT 300™, a potential treatment for migraine, and retigabine, a potential treatment for epilepsy. their nationwide field sales organization promotes their products to high-prescribing epilepsy and migraine specialists. Their strategy is to increase prescription demand for Their lead products through targeted sales and marketing efforts, to successfully develop and commercialize Their late-stage development product candidates, to leverage Their CNS presence through the acquisition of additional late-stage development product candidates and commercial products, and to develop enhancements for Their current products. Their corporate infrastructure is designed to support Their field sales organization, to manage Their product development efforts, to identify and pursue the acquisition of additional late-stage development product candidates and commercial products, and to manage Their product enhancement efforts. They have developed valuable relationships with experts and third-party consultants that They intend to utilize for the advancement of late-stage development product candidates, including retigabine, through the development and regulatory approval process. They also utilize third parties to manufacture and distribute Their products and to support Their product development and enhancement efforts.
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