Advinus Therapeutics, a joint venture between the Tata Group and ex-Ranbaxy research head Rashmi Barbhaiya, today inaugurated a drug discovery facility at Pune, where it hopes to scale up workforce to 550 employees by 2010. | |
| "At Advinus, we will focus on creating cutting-edge research facilities with an estimated workforce of 550 employees by 2010, comprising of some of the best available talent from across the globe. It is a great privilege for me and every employee of Advinus to be promoted by a reputed group like Tata," said Rashmi Barbhaiya, chief executive officer and managing director, Advinus. |
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| Advinus Therapeutics would undertake novel drug discovery, generating intellectual property primarily in the area of metabolic diseases and inflammation, a company release said. |
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| Currently, the facility has 55 scientists and has automated equipment. |
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