Reliance Life Sciences – Reliance Group

Reliance Life Sciences

Reliance Life Sciences is a new millennium initiative of the Reliance Group of companies.

The vision of Reliance Life Sciences is to attain global leadership through innovative and cost-effective solutions for a better life.

Mukesh Ambani led Reliance Group is the largest private sector enterprise in India, participating in businesses in the energy and materials value chain, with group revenues of USD 29 billion. The flagship company, Reliance Industries Limited, is a Fortune Global 500 company.

Reliance Life Sciences is a research-driven, biotechnology-led, life sciences organization. Reliance Life Sciences participates in medical, plant and industrial biotechnology opportunities. Specifically, these relate to Biopharmaceuticals, Pharmaceuticals, Clinical Research Services, Regenerative Medicine, Molecular Medicine, Novel Therapeutics, Biofuels, Plant Biotechnology and Industrial Biotechnology.

Reliance Life Sciences is developing business opportunities in the domains of medical, plant and industrial biotechnology.

From a domain perspective, these opportunities cover:

a. Biopharmaceuticals (Plasma Proteins, Biosimilars (Recombinant Proteins, Monoclonal Antibodies) and Novel Proteins)
b. Pharmaceuticals (Oncology, Steroid, Hormone and Peptide - Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients and Formulations )
c. Clinical Research Services (Pre-clinical animal studies, Bioavailability and Bioequivalence studies, Phase 1 studies, Phase 2 to 4 studies, QTc studies, Mass balance/Micro dosing studies, Clinical Data Management, Biostatistics, Clinical Trial Supplies Management, Medical Writing, Pharmacovigliance, Regulatory Services and Quality Assurance )
d. Regenerative Medicine (Stem Cell therapies, Tissue Engineered products, Stem Cell enriched Repository Services, Assisted Reproduction and Fetal Medicine)
e. Molecular Medicine (DNA/RNA-based diagnostics, Molecular Genetics, Predictive Diagnostics, Histopathology, Cytopathology, Flow Cytometry based diagnosis, Pharmacogenomics)
f. Novel Therapeutics (siRNA Therapies)
g. Biofuels (Biodiesel, Bioethanol, Biobutanol)
h. Plant Tissue Culture
i. Plant Metabolic Engineering and
j. Industrial Biotechnology (Biopolymers, Biochemicals)
k. Enzymology

From an integration perspective, these opportunities encompass Repositories, Research, Process Development, Pre-clinical Studies, Human Clinical Trials, Commercial-scale Manufacture and Marketing, all of which are carried out in-house.

Reliance GeneMedix plc, a UK-based subsidiary of Reliance Life Sciences with a manufacturing facility in Ireland, is developing biosimilars for the European market.

Reliance Institute of Life Sciences is a not-for-profit organisation, sponsored by the Dhirubhai Ambani Foundation, focusing on competency development in Biotechnology, not only for Reliance Life Sciences but also for the industry. The Institute offers a wide range of competency development programs and diploma programs in Biotherapeutics and Clinical Research.

Reliance Life Sciences initiative is one of the most diverse and integrated biotechnology initiatives being developed anywhere in the world.

Consistent with the diversity and depth of its initiatives, Reliance Life Sciences has a professional team comprising substantially of Ph. Ds, M.Ds, Engineers and Post Graduates in Science. The average age of the Reliance Life Sciences team is 32 years. 30% of the employees are women.

The main campus of the Reliance Life Sciences is located at the Dhirubhai Ambani Life Sciences Center (DALC) on a 20-acre site at Navi Mumbai. Clinical Research Services are provided out of DALC and a facility in Bangalore. Biofuels agronomy research is conducted at farms in Kakinada, Raviguntapalli, Nagothane and Gandhar.