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MANCHESTER, England and HYDERABAD, India, March 15, 2023 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

    Sai Life Sciences, a leading global Contract Research, Development &

Manufacturing Organization

(CRO-CDMO)[https://www.sailife.com/?utm_source=pr&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=ma

nchester-kilolab], today announced the setting up of a GMP Kilo Lab at its

facility in Alderley Park, Manchester, UK. The new GMP Kilo Lab will enable Sai

Life Sciences to offer drug substance and intermediates supplies ranging from

gram to kilogram quantities to meet customer clinical requirements at an

accelerated pace.

    Making the announcement, Sauri Gudlavalleti, COO of Sai Life Sciences,

said, "The new lab, located closer to our customers, has been set up with

comprehensive cGMP controls and world-class infrastructure. The facility will

combine with our expertise in route scouting, process chemistry and scale-up,

to help our partners accelerate their drug discovery and development journeys

by reducing time to first-in-human clinical trials."

    Being offered both, as a standalone facility as well as part of an

integrated service together with its capabilities in India, the lab consists of

one process stream including two vessels of up to 35 L capacity with provision

to add more streams in future. It is supported with associated contained

filtration & drying equipment and is engineered to provide containment level of

1μg/m3. The lab also offers analytical method validation and analytical

services to support batch release, in additional to stability studies to enable

rapid regulatory filing.

    Earlier, in July 2020, the company had opened a new Centre of Excellence

(CoE) in Process Chemistry R&D in Alderley Park,

Manchester[https://www.sailife.com/alderley-park-manchester-uk/?utm_source=pr&ut

m_medium=web&utm_campaign=manchester-kilolab], to help accelerate the NCE

development programmes of global innovator customers. This centre has since

grown to become a reliable partner to many innovator companies across the

world, providing high quality chemistry, non GMP delivery, and successful

technology transfer to our sites in India for scale-up.

    Over the past three years, the company has made investments of over US$120M

as part of its SaiNxt initiative, to augment capacity, scale up operations,

expand into new geographies, grow its scientific talent base, and raise the

overall bar for quality, compliance, and performance.

    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=manchester-l

ab-opening] that works with innovator pharma and biotech companies globally, to

accelerate the discovery, development and commercialisation of complex small

molecules. The company has over 2600 employees across its facilities in India,

UK and USA. Sai Life Sciences is privately held and backed by global investors,

TPG Capital and HBM Healthcare Investments. https://www.sailife.com/

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    Source: Sai Life Sciences