Quintiles is expanding its global Phase I capacity through partnership with Apollo Hospitals Group in India.
Quintiles Transnational Corp. recently announced a partnership with Apollo Hospitals Group to open a Phase I clinical trial unit in Hyderabad, India. This unit will allow customers additional options to complete integrated Phase I programs across multiple geographies at this pivotal stage in medical research.
This research unit is scheduled to open in the first quarter of 2010 and it will have approximately 50 beds, with plans to expand this number to 100 to meet predicted growth in demand. Hyderabad will be the fifth Quintiles Phase I facility, joining units in London, Kansas, Lulea and Uppsala.
Senior managers from Quintiles’ Phase I unit at Guys Hospital, London, unit will set up operations in Hyderabad and mentor the management team there. Quintiles’ London personnel also will help train staff for the India unit, which will be located in a building on Apollo’s Hyderabad hospital campus.
Hyderabad is the fifth Quintiles location in India. The company has offices in Mumbai, Ahmadabad, Bangalore and Delhi offering extensive clinical research, central laboratory, data management and ECG services.
