GMP [partnership]

o2h discovery has over 15 years of expertise working on complicated drug discovery projects ranging from lab scale R&D to large scale production (grams to kg).

We have partnered with Shankus Pharma Private Limited to deliver GMP scale-up. Shankus Pharma Private Limited is an Indian pharmaceutical firm that specialises in pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, and other healthcare product research, development, and manufacturing.

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Shankus Pharma has a number of certifications, including ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015, ISO 22000:2005, OHSAS 18001:2007, and WHO GMP certification. The company is also registered with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA).

Following are the key installations at Shankus Pharma

50 & 100 L GLR – from manufacturer same as o2h x 1 each
Fume hoods for process research x 3
LCMS & HPLC for reaction monitoring x 1 each
Digital Temperature Display & Control unit
Provision to set temperature and pressure threshold limits
Auto alarm system to indicate threshold breach
Rupture valve and discs for safety purpose

Process & Support

We monitor every stage of our project to take quick actions and avoid delays…

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To know more about our GMP services offering or to request our brochure, please reach out to us at discovery@o2h.com.

Sunil Shah

CEO - o2h Ventures and Co-Founder - o2h discovery

Sunil's Biography

Sunil Shah

CEO - o2h Ventures and Co-Founder - o2h discovery

A serial entrepreneur having begun a career in the Life Sciences team at PA Consulting group followed by co-founding two companies in the information technology and life sciences sector. The second of these companies, Oxygen Healthcare Ltd was acquired by Piramal Enterprises Ltd (BSE: PEL). Sunil co-founded o2h ventures which involves discovery services / collaborations, seeding drug discovery, academic in-licensing and biotechnology incubation. Sunil has a degree in Biochemistry and an MBA from Cambridge University

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Prashant Shah

CEO - o2h discovery and Co-Founder - o2h group

Prashant's Biography

Prashant Shah

CEO - o2h discovery and Co-Founder - o2h group

Prashant is a serial entrepreneur in life sciences and tech in which one of those companies was acquired by a public company. He is currently active in seed investing (a portfolio of ~50 companies), product/IP development, services, and building lab/office infrastructure. The early career was with the Strategy group at Accenture. He has a BEng, an MSc, in which he worked on the Human Genome Program at the Sanger Centre, and an MPhil in Management from the Judge Institute. Prashant is also a General Partner in the o2h SEIS/EIS Human Health Funds.

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Andy Morley

Chief Scientific Officer

Andy's Biography

Andy Morley

Chief Scientific Officer

Andy is the Chief Scientific Officer (CSO) at o2h Discovery. He also leads scientific evaluations for investments and provides strategic scientific support across key portfolio projects for o2h Ventures. With over 25 years of experience as a Medicinal Chemist, Andy has worked with major pharmaceutical companies, including Sanofi-Aventis and AstraZeneca. He has contributed across all phases of drug discovery and has played a key role in advancing five candidates into clinical trials. Andy is also the author and inventor of over 55 publications and patents.

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Nilesh Dagia

Chief Special Projects Officer

Nilesh's Biography

Nilesh Dagia

Chief Special Projects Officer

Nilesh leads the global operations of o2h group covering a wide range of innovation led investment, life-science and technology businesses. He is also overseeing the development and execution of the new o2h discovery Shirish Research Centre in Ahmedabad, India. Prior to joining o2h group, Nilesh worked with Piramal Group in various capacities including as an Alliance Manager for a risk-share oncology-based collaboration with a US Big Pharma and has also worked as the Head of Biology in Piramal Discovery solutions. Nilesh obtained his Ph.D. from Ohio University and completed a post-doc in Immunology, Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He is the author and inventor of >30 life science patents and publications. He received the Young Scientist of India award from OPPI in 2010.

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What our clients say

Eran Seger

CEO and Co-founder, Protai Bio

We had a great experience working with o2h discovery on our Fragment libraries project. Their expertise in conducting fragment-based screening, targeting dual series threonine kinase on surface plasmon resonance, was impressive. The efficiency, productivity, and detailed communication from the o2h biologist team were outstanding. We look forward to further positive outcomes in our future collaborations.

Brian Dymock

Head of QEDDI

Our relationship with o2h over many years supporting our medicinal chemistry projects in QEDDI has been highly productive. With o2h’s help we have progressed our portfolio to an advanced stage ready for partnering. We are very pleased with the efficiency, productivity and communication with o2h chemists and look forward to further positive outcomes.

Prof Kirill Alexandrov

CSIRO, QUT Synthetic Biology Alliance

We have worked with o2h team on a range of synthetic projects and had consistently positive experience .The combination of competence, effective project management and detailed documentation made us go back again and again.

Sharon Shacham

Co-Founder & MD, E44 Ventures

My relationship with o2h Discovery is now more than a decade. I have had many opportunities to collaborate with the o2h team for my drug discovery efforts at Karyopharm, Protai and Sporos Bioventures. I have always been impressed by their efficiency to deliver novel chemical compounds that helps to achieve targeted project milestones. Real time and insightful communication is also their key differentiator.

Julian Blagg

Executive Vice President, Drug Discovery

NeoPhore has worked closely with o2h for over 4 years, consistently supporting NeoPhore with small and medium scale synthesis and characterisation of novel small molecule therapeutics; work that has enabled significant Series A and Series B investment. NeoPhore highly values the synthetic expertise, efficiency, project management and clear communication at o2h. Importantly, o2h benefits from highly integrated analytical and compound purification groups to enable consistent and smooth delivery of high quality target compounds to tight deadlines. Furthermore, flexibility of resourcing at o2h is ideally suited to support an evolving small biotech company like NeoPhore.

Bharat Majeti

Head of LNP Technology, RVAC Medicines

We understand that lipid chemistry is complex and requires significant expertise in synthesis, purification, and analysis. Therefore, we looked for a competent and reliable CRO partner to support our requirements and found o2h Discovery. We have done several projects with o2h.

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