Intas to Build a Large-Scale MAb Manufacturing Unit in India

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Indian biotechnology company Intas Biopharmaceuticals (IBPL, Ahmedabad, Gujarat) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the government of Gujarat for setting up a separate manufacturing facility for Monoclonal Antibodies (MAbs).

Indian biotechnology company Intas Biopharmaceuticals (IBPL, Ahmedabad, Gujarat) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the government of Gujarat for setting up a separate manufacturing facility for Monoclonal Antibodies (MAbs).

The facility, dedicated for MAbs, will undertake large-scale manufacturing of the recombinant product with a capacity of 5,000 L in phases. The government of Gujarat will help the company obtain incentives under various schemes announced by the state and central government.

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IBPL is already manufacturing and marketing biosimilars including GCSF, Interferon, Erythropoietin, and PEG-GCSF. The commercial production at the proposed MAbs facility is likely to commence by 2011.