FabLife Process Technologies is seeking to disrupt the pharmaceutical technology
industry from within by building a culture of innovation and problem-solving to
support customers.
The company has already taken several steps to bring this vision to life, starting
with significant investments in an Innovation Lab that customers can use to trial
their products. The Lab features special equipment to conduct trials ranging from
lab scale (1kg) to about 30 kgs. The Lab was made available to select customers
for their trials a year ago and is now accessible to the pharmaceutical industry at
large.
FabLife has also brought together a versatile team of inhouse formulation
scientists with customer-side experience having spent most of their careers in
major pharmaceutical companies.
Ram Gulwady, a veteran of the Indian pharma industry, joins FabLife in the role of
Chief Technical Expert. Ram brings with him over four decades of experience in
generics development and tech transfers in regulated markets. His career spans
stints at Cipla and Ipca as well as consulting gigs for the who’s who of the Indian
and global pharmaceutical industry including Abbott, Novartis, Taro, Wafra and
Ennogen.
Sivakumar Kalidoss also joins FabLife as a General Manager : Formulation Process
Technology. Sivakumar comes with years of experience in end-to-end product life
cycle management and dosage form development for companies like Micro Labs
and Laurus Labs.
Both Ram and Siva will spearhead FabLife’s customer-first agenda by supporting
customers to find practical solutions to their formulation and drug development
challenges.
Ausaf Usmani, Executive Director at FabLife believes “our customers now have
access to our specialised engineering expertise as well as advanced pharma knowhow from their peers. This new approach is a result of actively listening to
customer problems and strategizing on how we could evolve to partner with them
rather than merely supply machines. Bringing together this formidable team of
experts allows us to make recommendations that have a positive impact on
product outcomes.”
Speaking on the development, Ram expresses his delight that Fabtech has taken
this all-in customer-first approach to business. “The Innovation Laboratory
and Applications Services Centre at the FabLife Vasai plant allows customers to
experiment with and hone their product. My goal is to build the Innovation Lab
into a hub that welcomes scientific minds to collaborate and come up with
innovative processes to the benefit of the pharmaceutical industry.”
FabLife Process Technologies LLP
Since 2013, Fablife Process Technologies has been manufacturing oral powder
processing equipment for pharmaceutical, nutraceutical and chemical industries
around the world. Our custom-built solutions cater to a variety of needs from labscale output of a few grams to commercial production of several tonnes a day.
FabLife is a subsidiary of Fabtech Technologies, a global engineering innovator
that over the last 19 years has built up a stellar reputation for delivering
specialised start to finish solutions for the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and
healthcare industries. With over 700 specialised manufacturing installations in 42
countries, Fabtech is a powerhouse of life engineering.