Kendle claimed that the new SEZ operations center integrates all the clinical support services which focus on delivery of clinical data management, medical writing, pharmacovigilance/safety, biostatistics/programming and other knowledge processing-related services.
Kendle’s SEZ operations center is expected to initially employ approximately 50 professionals at the site and is expected to scale up to approximately 300 associates in the near term.
Kendle said that apart from the new SEZ office it also operates throughout the Asia/Pacific region in Ahmedabad and New Delhi, India; Beijing, Guangzhou, Hong Kong and Shanghai, China; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Bangkok, Thailand; Manila, Philippines; Singapore; and Sydney and Melbourne, Australia.
Stephen Cutler, senior vice president and chief operating officer of Kendle, said: “Our expanded presence in Asia, and in India in particular, creates efficiencies in the clinical development process for our customers.”