biocon order to exploit potentially rewarding new products. The list is far too long to itemise here but the following selection will provide a flavour of the variety of interests Biocon is developing. Biocon’s relationship with Amylin Pharmaceuticals, for example, is to jointly develop, commercialize and manufacture a novel peptide therapeutic for the treatment of diabetes. Sapient Discovery is an established leader in structure-guided drug discovery with a number of proprietary algorithms and capabilities for efficient protein structure based drug discovery. Sapient is working with Biocon and using its proprietary Genes-to-Leads, Fragments-to-Leads and X-ray crystallography technologies which are claimed to provide dramatic reductions in the time and costs associated with compound synthesis and screening. Sometimes these partnerships are created to better exploit generic drugs while at others, as is the case with US start-up company Iatrica, the collaboration is to co-develop an
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exclusive new class of immune-conjugates for targeted immunotherapy of cancers and infectious diseases. Iatrica is based in Baltimore and uses technology developed at Johns Hopkins University. Alternatively, Biocon has chosen to use licensed technology to further its product portfolio as was the case when Biocon acquired Millipore the rights to manufacture Millipore is a Life Science leader providing cutting-edge Abra xis BioScience’s technologies, tools and services for bioscience research Abraxane approach to the and biopharmaceutical manufacturing. As a strategic treatment of breast cancer. partner, we collaborate with customers to confront the world’s challenging human health issues. From research Under the terms of the to development to production, our scientific expertise agreement, Biocon will and innovative solutions help customers tackle their have the right to market most complex problems and achieve their goals. Millipore the drug throughout the Corporation is an S&P 500 company with more than 6,000 Gulf States and the Indian employees worldwide. sub-continent. www.millipore.com To demonstrate its
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