Sai Life Sciences gets inspection certificate from PMDA for Bidar facility

Sai Life Sciences has a growing presence in the Japanese market. It was the launch site for commercial API supplies of an NCE to Japan and has supplied over 50 tonnes of API over the past five years. It is a supplier of registered starting materials for three commercial APIs. The company has also started working with a large pharma company on the API supply of a recently launched animal and human health product. 

Some of the notable highlights of the Bidar manufacturing facility of Sai Life Sciences:

· 100% track record of successful inspections –

o USFDA (4 times)

o PMDA (twice)

o COFEPRIS, Mexico (once)

· 450KL capacity with 50 production trains

· Containment level of 1µg/m³

· 0.25 – 10 KL reactor sizes

· 21CFR compliant single fluid automation system

· 7 clean rooms & 4 suits of ISO – 8 (Class 100,000)

· Lyophilization at pilot & commercial scale

· Chromatography at commercial scale

· Cryo reactions at 2.5 KL, 4 KL & 5 KL scale

· Highly Potent API facility (Q1-2022)

· Amidites facility (Q1-2022)

· Upcoming facilities

o Dedicated facility for companion animal health products

o Additional 200KL intermediate and API manufacturing capacity

· ISO 14001:2015 and ISO 45001:2018 certified

· Zero liquid discharge facility

· Multiple awards for excellence in energy management and EHS practices.

Read also: Sai Life Sciences opens new biology facility at Hyderabad RnD campus