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Excellence in Research & Development
"I think this award will go a long way in making sure we continue
our efforts towards R&D and help us accomplish greater heights,
not just in India, but on a global scale"
- Glenn Saldanha
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals
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It's been twice in a row that Glenmark Pharmaceutical has
won the Excellence in R&D award. "At Glenmark we have set ourselves
a vision and a direction to try and strive hard to make sure we move the first
molecule that comes out of India into the market, which is indigenously produced,"
said Glenn Saldanha, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Glenmark
Pharmaceuticals, as he accepted the award from the Honourable Union Minister
of Science and Development and Earth Sciences, Kapil Sibal. "I think this
award will go a long way in making sure we continue our efforts towards R&D
and help us accomplish greater heights, not just in India, but on a global scale,"
he added.
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sole purpose of this award is to credit companies that have a definitive and
result-oriented R&D agenda, and who have been able to carve a niche for
themselves in this segment in the industry. Express Pharma, Ernst & Young
and the jury panel observed Glenmark as the most favourable candidate for this
category. Glenmark has many products and patents gracing its pipeline. A novel
CB2 modulator for treatment of pain, neurogenerative disorder, inflammatory
diseases, a novel CB1 modulator for treatment of obesity, eating disorders,
inflammatory diseases and a new novel VR1 receptor ligands for treatment of
pain are just a few feathers gracing the company's cap. Glenmark is also working
on two new drug delivery systems. One is a topical pharmaceutical composition
on anti-acne compound and the other is a topical pharmaceutical combination
comprising an antibiotic and retinoid like compound. The patent filings for
both have been accepted.
Another candidate under development is the polymorphic form of active API, polymorphic
form of lercanidipine and the process for the preparation thereof. The benefits
of this include neo-polymorphic form of lercamidipin hydrochloride, useful as
an anti-hypertensive calcium channel blocker. Apart from these, the company
is involved in two drug patent challenges over Desloratadine and Ezetimibe.
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| Dr Reddy's Laboratories
Dr Reddy's Laboratories has an approved patent for thiazoles
derivatives as an AMPK activator, which is used for the treatment of diabetes.
The patent application for the novel class of anti-bacterial compounds
for the treatment of infectious diseases and formulation used in Phase
III clinical trials was also accepted.
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| Ranbaxy Laboratories
As one of the few research based companies in the country,
Ranbaxy has much to boast of, especially, the key NCE patent filed by
the company for substituted pyrrole derivatives of the statin class of
compounds. This compound is indicated for the treatment of hypertension,
stroke, ischemia, coronary heart diseases, myocardial infarction, cerebral
infarction, dementia, angina or restenosis.
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