INDUS BIOSCIENCES is a rapidly growing CRO located in Hyderabad, India. It is a subsidiary of CiVentiChem, a premier contract R&D and Custom synthesis laboratory located in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. Indus BioSciences is housed in a modern laboratory and located in the vicinity of internationally recognized institutes like IICT, CCMB and Osmania University.

We provide a spectrum of services that enable our clients to bring a drug to market in a rapid and "cost effective" manner. Some of our services include lead optimization, medicinal chemistry, contract R&D, "scale up" synthesis of pharmaceutical intermediates, process development and manufacturing of intermediates and APIs.

Our facilities:

• 12,000 Sq Ft Modern laboratory with thirty fume hoods and four walk-in hoods
• In the vicinity of IICT, CCMB and Osmania University
• A group of 30 chemists and plan to have "50 people by end of 2006"
• Access to modern library and scientific talent from national labs

Capabilities:

• Halogenations
• Organometallics- alkyl lithium, Grignard reaction
• Phosgenations
• Freidel-Crafts reactions
• Suzuki and Buchwald couplings
• Asymmetric syntheses
• Milligram to Kilogram synthesis of complex organic molecules
• Access to large scale manufacturing
• "Auto clave" for high pressure and high temperature reactions
• Low to high temperature chemistry
• Own analytical equipment – HPLC/GC/LC-MS
• NMR facilities are availed from outside