Regardless of the current influx in the pharmaceutical testing companies in India, many small-scale companies fumble due to lack of sophisticated machinery and regulatory commitment, while large-scale companies lack sufficient time and manpower for on-going stability testing and validation sample analysis. Further, due to multiple communication issues, these companies miss-out on meeting the specified delivery timelines and taste huge loss in their production rates. Anticipating these prevalent problems in the industry, Shrideep Labs (SDL) Pvt. Ltd., a NABL accredited & an ISO 2015 certified pharma testing laboratory in India undertakes samples from only a specific set of companies, analyzes & tests them and provides accurate raw data within the promised timelines. The firm in fact owns a cluster of repeated customers due to its unparalleled quality and a maximum of five day delivery across its pharma testing services. Dinesh V. Chandole, Director, SDL, enunciates, “We are not in competition with any other pharma testing lab because we act according to our commitment with customers and also our own business ethics”.

"We are not in competition with any other pharma testing lab because we act according to our commitment with customers and also our own business ethics"

SDL primarily deals with analysis of stability samples & pharmaceutical raw materials and finished products wherein the customers first send them the samples to be tested along with its specifications. Post-analysis through the leverage of High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC), Gas Chromatography (GC), Dissolution, UV Spectrophotometry and other Wet Chemistry lab equipment, the firm generates complete raw data (70-80 pages), along with a certificate of analysis for the customers. This raw data cannot be adjusted by any person throughout the process as SDL adheres to the norms of ‘Data Integrity’ in the pharmaceutical industry as well as the authoritative procedures listed in other regulatory agencies like U.S.-FDA, MHRA & DCGI OF INDIA. Furthermore, SDL works for Rest of the World (ROW) Regulatory Authorities and also performs analytical testing for few countries outside India.

Safety at SDL
Pledging safety of its employees (Qualification - MSc Chemistry or B.Pharm/M.Pharm), SDL has furnished shower systems, eye shower, body shower and many other safety systems across its laboratory, besides issuing insurance for them and the visitors. Employees are also provided with masks and goggles

to protect their eyes from harmful chemicals. Moreover, the entire laboratory of SDL conforms to the Government’s safety norms.

Dinesh asserts, “Our employees are trained every month on a plethora of aspects by V. Aswatha Ramaiah (Proprietor, Unique Consultants) & team, S.M. Mudda (Ex. Director, Global Strategy - Technical, Micro Labs & Chairman - IDMA), Sanjay Gupta (Vice President – International Marketing (ROW)) and many other eminent people in the pharma industry”.

Eminent Customers
SDL receives samples predominantly from Micro Labs in Bangalore & Sikkim, Centaur Pharmaceuticals in Pune, Elder Pharmaceuticals in Mumbai, Bal Pharma and many more. The firm is also approved by Himalaya, EncubeEthicals, Karnataka Antibiotics & Pharmaceuticals Ltd.(KAPL) and Srushit Pharma Labs in Bangalore. Under the guidance of Dinesh and A. Hari Narayan (Technical Head), SDL ensures to deliver services round the clock and also generate reports in just one day during times of emergency, by working completely for 24-48 hours.

Currently, reaping almost 15-20 percent growth both in terms of revenue and customers, SDL has prospective plans of establishing a bigger laboratory with WHO certification within the coming 2-3 years and also work for few more companies to gain maximum output.