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        SynVent is Syngene’s platform for fully integrated therapeutic discovery and development across large and small molecules. 

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        Emerging biopharma work at the forefront of science, often venturing into disease areas where little or no real-world data exists to work with or regulatory frameworks to work within.

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        Our Dedicated Centers offer dedicated multi-disciplinary scientific teams, support personnel, and a tailormade ring-fenced and fire-walled infrastructure as per client specifications to support their  R&D  goals

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        Centre for Advanced Protein Studies [CAPS] is a state-of-the-art advanced national facility located in the Syngene campus, Bangalore.

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Find answers to frequently asked questions about Syngene.

How is Syngene different from Biocon?

We are two different entities and the nature of our work is different. We are a contract research development and manufacturing organization (CRDMO), whereas Biocon is a biopharmaceutical company.

Syngene International is a contract research, development and manufacturing organization (CRDMO) that provides integrated discovery, development and manufacturing services to the global pharmaceutical, biotechnology, nutrition, animal health, consumer goods and specialty chemical sectors.

For over three decades, Syngene has been working at the leading edge of science, finding solutions to some of the most complex challenges in pharmaceuticals because we believe that every promising discovery should have access to the science it needs to advance. We collaborate with the world’s largest innovators, including 11 of the top 15 pharma companies. Our services encompass every stage of a potential breakthrough’s journey and span all modalities from small molecules and peptides to biologicals and advanced therapies.

Syngene’s operations are underpinned by expert sourcing and a resilient global supply chain comprising 2900+ suppliers across 30 countries, including strong local supplier networks.

Syngene is powered by its twin growth engines – research or CRO services, which includes the dedicated centers; and CDMO services, which encompasses drug development and manufacturing.

Syngene’s Research Services: Our Drug Discovery division conducts early stage research, from identifying biological targets relevant to disease in patient populations – to delivering drug candidates for further development.  SynVentâ„¢, is an integrated drug discovery platform that offers clients end-to-end discovery programs, delivering exponential value through co-localization of world-class scientific teams across the discovery continuum. The SynVent team works with diverse biological entities including monoclonal antibodies, bispecifics, recombinant proteins and mRNA.

Syngene’s Biologics Discovery services is a one-stop shop for all the initial stages of developing new biologic drugs, from identifying the molecules involved in the diseases to creating potential treatments. We achieve this through a range of techniques, including pinpointing specific targets, engineering cells for drug production, developing custom antibodies, utilizing advanced gene sequencing for analysis, and studying proteins to understand their role in disease.

Syngene’s unique business model allows us to offer R&D services that are flexible and designed to suit our client’s needs. The Dedicated R&D Centers model includes expanded and integrated services, where we set up dedicated, customized and ring-fenced facilities. This involves long-term strategic collaborations, usually for five-year periods or longer. Currently, Syngene operates dedicated research facilities for Amgen, Baxter and Bristol-Myers Squibb.

Syngene’s Development and Manufacturing Services: The Development Services division provides a range of services, from pre-clinical to clinical trials, including drug substance, drug product development and other associated services that demonstrate the safety, tolerability and efficacy of drugs. Our development capabilities include advancing highly potent active pharmaceutical ingredients (HPAPI) and oligonucleotides with therapeutic and diagnostic applications, from laboratory to manufacturing scale.  Syngene integrates analytical services such as method development, validation, transfer and reference standard qualification throughout the development process.

Manufacturing Services: Syngene offers manufacturing solutions for small and large molecules. We have the capability to scale up manufacturing from laboratory volumes to commercial levels seamlessly, in tandem with Good manufacturing practices (cGMP). All our scale-up activities are performed by an experienced team who are supported by other divisions such as quality control, quality assurance, environment health safety and sustainability, engineering and maintenance and supply chain management.

As a fully integrated custom biomanufacturer, our solutions include mammalian and microbial capabilities for clinical and commercial supplies. Our expertise spans a broad spectrum including various forms of antibodies, simple and complex proteins, even genetic material like mRNA. Syngene’s biologics manufacturing facilities in Biocon Park, Bangalore are USFDA, MHRA and EMA certified.

Syngene operates to a single standard of global science, driven by excellence and a high compliance regulatory mindset – we follow the culture of being ‘Anytime Audit Ready’. Whether it’s the US FDA, European or Indian regulators, we meet their standards every day, which is reflected in the long-term collaborations with leading pharma companies across countries.

Some highlights include:

  • Syngene’s biologics manufacturing facilities at Biocon Park, Bangalore are certified by the US Food and Drug Administration (US FDA), the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).
  • The commercial-scale API manufacturing facility in Mangalore is also approved by US FDA
  • Syngene’s research laboratories are certified by various international regulators including, Japan’s Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency (PMDA), Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care (AAALAC), College of American Pathologists (CAP) and Russian Regulatory Authority.
  • All facilities are accredited with ISO 9001 (Quality Management), ISO 45001 (Occupational Health and Safety Management System), ISO 14001 (Environmental Management System), ISO/IEC 17025 (Competence of testing and calibration laboratories), ISO/IEC 27001 (Information Security), ISO 15189 (Quality and competence in medical laboratories) and ISO 13485 (Medical devices).

Syngene offers integrated services spanning the value chain from discovery to development and commercial scale manufacturing, which allows us to collaborate with not only with big pharma companies but with players of all sizes, across markets. We pride ourselves on the many deep, long-term client relationships. For instance, we operate the largest R&D facility for BMS outside of their own facilities in the USA. As a strategic partner to our clients, often working as an extension of their internal scientific teams, we continue to bring them innovative, flexible and efficient approaches to scale up rapidly. Syngene’s clientele includes 11 of the top 15 pharmaceutical companies in the world including GSK, Janssen, Zoetis and Merck KGaA, Amgen, Baxter and Bristol-Myers Squibb.

Clients partner with Syngene because we can intellectually match their thoughts and innovation, debate with them, add value to the scientific advancements.

Syngene recognizes the transformative potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) in revolutionizing the drug discovery and development space.

The integration of AI and data-driven methodologies has the potential to revolutionize the traditional drug discovery paradigm by introducing speed, minimizing late-stage failures, improving efficiencies and cost-effectiveness. Syngene is at the forefront of these innovations, developing specialized platforms such as Syn.AITM and SarchitectTM tailored for drug discovery. These proprietary platforms are designed to expedite data-driven drug discovery. Further, they help optimize properties and assess toxicity to design molecules with the optimal balance of properties required for a successful drug.

Last year, the Company’s artificial intelligence-driven programs continued to evolve. The capabilities of Syn.AI™ were expanded to enable it to identify the most effective drug targets for combating disease by enhancing its target identification and validation packages. In addition, in line with Syngene’s commitment to innovation, the tool was applied to projects beyond life sciences for applications in the energy and cosmetic sectors.

In addition to utilizing AI and ML for drug discovery, Syngene has introduced digital enablers across other areas of work. An example is the implementation of electronic Batch Manufacturing Records (eBMR) in the manufacturing facilities. This helps streamline production processes, eliminates the risk of errors associated with paper-based records and ensures consistent product quality through real-time data access.

Syngene places a strong emphasis on diversity, equity and inclusion and aim to fosters a diverse workforce with a wide array of perspectives, skills and experiences to increase innovation and improve decision-making. We continuously evaluate our core processes to ensure gender neutrality. Presently, 28% of our workforce comprises women, significantly surpassing the industry average of 11% in India (Source: Mercer Study, 2022).

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