Sai Life Sciences opens new High-Potency API Manufacturing facility at its Bidar Campus

Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], January 17 (ANI/PRNewswire): Sai Life Sciences, one of India's fastest growing
(CRO-CDMO), today announced the opening of a new High-Potency API (HPAPI) manufacturing facility at its cGMP
in Bidar, India. The addition of this new facility expands the company's expertise across HPAPI development and manufacturing, providing its customers with a streamlined pathway for NCE development.
Making the announcement, Krishna Kanumuri, CEO & Managing Director of Sai Life Sciences said, "In recent years, we have been seeing an increase in projects involving oncology drugs, thus creating a need for high-potency APIs. To better serve this growing need and leverage recent advancements in technology related to HPAPI manufacturing, we have created this new facility. The addition of latest generation HPAPI manufacturing to our facilities expands our capacity to serve the diverse needs of our customers."
The new 16000 sq. ft. HPAPI block, located in the Bidar Manufacturing Campus of the company, has the following features:
- Designed and validated to handle high potent molecules less than 1 mg/m3 containment
- Inbuilt warehouse to store KSMs, intermediates and finished goods
- Dedicated sampling/dispensing area with isolators with three independent streams to handle commercial scale batches
- Reactors to handle multiple unit operations equipped with isolators and split butterfly valves (SBVs)
- Powder processing and packing area with isolators; dedicated isolator train for Quality Control testing
- Deactivation facility
Earlier in 2022, the company had opened its HPAPI Development facility at its
. Now, with the addition of the new HPAPI production facility in Bidar, the company is capable of handling of all aspects of the project life cycle spanning
,
,
, warehousing, pilot, scale up, sampling, QC, powder processing, effluent treatment, packing, transportation and
.
Over the past couple of years, the company has undergone an intense phase of transformation as part of its
initiative, executing investments of over USD 120M in its capacity and operations, expanding into new geographies, growing its scientific talent base, and raising the overall bar for quality, compliance and performance.

Sai Life Sciences is a
that works with innovator pharma and biotech companies globally, to accelerate the discovery, development and commercialization of small molecules. It takes a nimble and creative approach to deliver high-quality, cost-effective solutions for its clients that accelerate their time to market. Backed by global investors, TPG Capital and HBM Healthcare Investments, the company today works with over 200 innovator companies globally and has over 2500 employees across its facilities in India, UK and USA.

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