Merck opens first India M Lab in Bengaluru to help biopharma firms scale

Lab will also help with technology absorption, making drugs for clinical trials and regulatory nods

Medical technology company Merck has opened its first M Lab Collaboration Centre in India in Bengaluru, which will help biopharmaceutical firms from development to production of molecules in lab scale, before they embark on large-scale manufacturing of these drugs in the market.

The lab, among the nine global labs for Merck, will collaborate with local generic pharma firms who look at transitioning to making biopharmaceuticals for both the local and global markets.

"We can bring the service to the Indian manufacturers so that they can avoid the pitfalls while they were exporting drugs to other countries. We have customers who are domestic