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Roche Pharma launches clinical trial excellence project in India
Roche Pharma India , world ’ s leading biopharmaceutical company has launched its Clinical Trial Excellence project in India with an objective to strengthen the capabilities of public health institutions to do clinical trials and drug research in the country . This will also enable these government hospitals to become the Centres of Excellence for Clinical Research in the country and move up the value chain .
Kalyan Singh Super Specialty Cancer Institute ( KSSSCI ) in Lucknow , Uttar Pradesh became the first institute to partner with Roche in this initiative . KSSSCI is a 750-bedded state-of-the-art cancer center by the Uttar Pradesh government and is deeply involved in cancer research and education .
In the first phase of this program , Roche aims to partner with 10 Government Hospitals to drive excellence in clinical research by boosting their existing capabilities for conducting clinical trials as per global standards . Solutions to enable this include training of the research team , process development or enhancement , and digitization of dossier submission and review by Ethics Committee , paving the way for more high quality clinical research focussing on innovative treatments and patient safety .
Redcliffe Labs teams up with RGCB , to bolster single-cell genomics in India
Redcliffe Labs has collaborated with the Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology ( RGCB ) in Thiruvananthapuram to manage and operate a laboratory with Single Cell Genomics and High-Throughput Sequencing technologies – a rare combination in modern genomics . Both parties signed an MoU aiming to revolutionize the field of modern genomics in India .
The collaboration combines Redcliffe Labs ’ expertise in genomics research and its track record of delivering ambitious genomics studies and projects with RGCB ’ s cutting-edge facilities and research prowess .
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BioVoiceNews | November / December 2023