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Wednesday, August 18 2021 - 20:40
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Sai Life Sciences opens new Discovery Biology facility at its integrated R&D campus in Hyderabad, India
HYDERABAD, India, Aug. 18, 2021 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --

    Sai Life Sciences, a leading global Contract Research, Development & 
Manufacturing Organization [ 
https://www.sailife.com/?utm_source=pr&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=biology-facility] 
(CRO-CDMO), today announced the opening of a new biology facility [ 
https://www.sailife.com/biology-block/?utm_source=pr&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=biology-facility] 
at its integrated R&D campus in Hyderabad, India. The facility marks an 
important milestone in the journey of positioning itself as a differentiated 
player in Discovery Biology. 

    Making the announcement, CEO & Managing Director of Sai Life Sciences, 
Krishna Kanumuri said, "The new facility marks the culmination of a journey we 
began two years ago, of creating differentiated value for our discovery clients 
through an integrated delivery model across Boston and Hyderabad. By bringing 
the best of talent, technology, complementary services and efficiency we are 
confident of bringing unique value to our clients and are keen to take on 
integrated discovery mandates, at scale."

    Continuing with the company's aggressive growth in its biology services [ 
https://www.sailife.com/services/discovery/biology/?utm_source=pr&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=biology-facility], 
the new state-of-the-art facility houses expanded in vitro and in vivo biology 
services, DMPK, toxicology and a vivarium. The facility augments both, its 
capabilities and capacity, to deploy cutting-edge platforms and technologies 
for accelerating integrated drug discovery programs.

    Boston-Hyderabad integrated delivery model 

    Sai Life Sciences has been steadily growing its biology capabilities to 
complement its strong foundation in medicinal chemistry [ 
https://www.sailife.com/services/discovery/synthetic-medicinal-chemistry/?utm_source=pr&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=biology-facility], 
DMPK [ 
https://www.sailife.com/services/discovery/dmpk-in-vitro-adme/?utm_source=pr&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=biology-facility] 
and toxicology for supporting its customers across the entire drug discovery 
journey from target ID and validation to IND. In 2019, the company opened its 
first international R&D facility with a biology lab in Boston, USA. The Boston 
Biology Lab [ 
https://www.sailife.com/boston-usa/?utm_source=pr&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=biology-facility] 
is designed to offer start-up and biotech companies in the region biology 
services to address exploratory and custom biology needs. 

    The integrated delivery model for Biology aims to provide clients an 
optimal solution in terms of expertise, speed, and cost. In this model, 
critical exploratory work involving close hand-in-hand collaboration with 
clients is done at the Boston lab, following which, established assays are tech 
transferred to Hyderabad for greater throughput. A seamless and rapid 
technology transfer across sites is achieved through a unified global 
organization and matching infrastructure across both sites. Encouraged by the 
initial success with the Boston-Hyderabad integrated model, the company plans 
to expand its capacity at both locations in the coming months. 

    The company's discovery services [ 
https://www.sailife.com/services/discovery/?utm_source=pr&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=biology-facility] 
support a wide range of global innovator companies from start-ups to large 
pharma companies, across a diverse set of therapeutic areas including oncology, 
CNS, antivirals, and inflammation among others. With a strong track record of 
enduring customer relationships averaging 10+ years, Sai Life Sciences has 
advanced 35+ programs to different clinical phases (IND to Phase-III) with the 
average turnaround time from Hit/Lead to Candidate being 18 months.

    The new facility culminates the company's journey of unifying its 
discovery, early & late phase development and clinical supply capabilities in a 
single 13-acre campus housing over 1000 scientists, delivering integrated value 
at scale. 

   About Sai Life Sciences

   Sai Life Sciences is a full-service CRO-CDMO [ 
https://www.sailife.com/?utm_source=pr&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=biology-facility] 
that works with innovator pharma and biotech companies globally, to accelerate 
the discovery, development and commercialisation of complex small molecules. 
For over two decades, Sai Life Sciences has consistently delivered 
high-quality, cost-effective solutions to its diverse customers spanning 
biotechs, small, mid and large pharma. Today, it has over 2200 employees across 
its facilities in India, UK and USA. https://www.sailife.com


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    Source: Sai Life Sciences  

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