Bilcare opens clinical services facility at Pune

Bilcare, one of the leading pharma packaging research and solutions company in the world, today unveiled its clinical services facility in Pune.

Christoph Moeschli, head - clinical packaging of Novartis Pharma AG, Switzerland, inaugurated the facility. With the addition of the new facility, Bilcare becomes the first company in Asia to have an operations facility for clinical supplies.

This facility will support the pharma companies in packaging and distribution of their clinical supplies and integrate their global clinical trial requirements efficiently.

The core of global clinical service encompasses manufacturing, packaging, randomisation, storage, distribution and returns and destruction management of clinical supplies for clinical trials.

Mohan Bhandari, chairman and managing director, Bilcare, said "The facility is one more milestone in Bilcare's quest for global leadership in pharma services. With this facility, the company is now capable of serving its global pharma clients in the management of their global clinical trials anywhere in Asia, the US and Europe."

The recently acquired ProClinical (now called Bilcare Inc, US) along with the distribution centres in major regions of the world, makes Bilcare a comprehensive preferred partner for global clinical services.

The US facility, which is spread over 14 acre, is FDA and DEA approved and offers a range of services including clinical services, research services for formulation and analytical development along with management of controlled substances, management of clinical trials by IVRS and effective closure of clinical trials by returns management.