28/11/2011 (Agence Europe) - Acquisitions: Carlyle and H&F/PPDI. On Monday 28 November, the European Commission gave the go-ahead to the acquisition of joint control of US company Pharmaceutical Product Development (PPDI) by US investment companies Carlyle and Hellman & Friedman (H&F). PPDI develops and manages medicines for the pharma industry. Carlyle is a global asset management company investing in all industries worldwide and H&F is a private investment fund investing in industries ranging from healthcare, marketing, software, finance, digital media, insurance, energy and heavy industry. The deal was examined using the expedited merger examination procedure. (FG/transl.fl)