Natco Pharma expands association with TAKE Solutions

Chooses PharmaReady to enhance R&D efficiencies

Chennai, April 16, 2009 — NATCO Pharma Limited, one of the fastest growing pharmaceutical companies from India has associated themselves with TAKE Solutions Ltd. (BSE: 532890), leaders in Supply Chain Management (SCM) and Life Sciences products, for supplying their leading product PharmaReady eCTD Submissions Solution Suite and SPL Submission Suite.

Talking about the partnership, Mr. Srinivasan HR, Founder and Vision Holder, TAKE Solutions said that, “This new phase of our partnership with NATCO reiterates the usefulness that our solutions provide towards enhancing electronic regulatory submissions capabilities for our customers globally, which shortly is to become a mandate in all ICH countries. This demonstrates that our solutions are the best in class to organisations where ease of installation, ease of use, compliance and affordability are primary business drivers.” He further added that, “Natco’s upgrading their association with us ensures that they can now use TAKE Solutions’ product PharmaReady eCTD Submissions Solution Suite and SPL Submission Suite to live up to their reputation of being the leading pharma manufacturers in India.”

Mr. Dr.D.Linga Rao, Executive Vice President – Corporate Q.C&A, NATCO Pharma, said on the partnership that, “Our partnership with TAKE Solutions, enables us to do all regulatory submissions to ICH countries in the specified eCTD format and to provide even better services to our customers, without compromising on quality. Catering to clients like Ranbaxy, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, among others, we can now look at expanding our huge range of products even more to satisfy their continuously growing needs globally.”

With the Pharma sector growing at about 8-9% annually, India is looking at moving even higher up the ranks of the global pharma industry (Source: http://www.pharmaceutical-drug-manufacturers.com/pharmaceutical-industry/). TAKE Solutions’ products play an important role in helping their clients to manage their documents and carry out regulatory submissions electronically with strict compliance to the agency specifications, which would eventually help them stay competitive in the future and compete globally.

About TAKE Solutions

TAKE Solutions is a leading international business technology company with products backed by a strong domain expertise in Life Sciences and Supply Chain Management – to provide cost-effective, comprehensive solutions for businesses. The vision of the company is to drive industry best practices through our proprietary, in-depth product know-how and solutions that enable business efficiencies for our clients. Since its inception in 2000, TAKE has been serving marquee clients in the Life Sciences and SCM arena. TAKE Solutions conducts business today in 16 countries with more than 300 customers.

Headquartered in Chennai, TAKE primarily drives its SCM Domain Excellence Centre and Global Delivery Centre from India. Company has strong presence in the USA with Life Sciences Domain Excellence centres located in Princeton, New Jersey.

TAKE Solutions is assessed at Level 5 of the Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) & Level 3 of the People Capability Maturity Model, Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, USA. TAKE Solutions is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, a Charter Member of the Microsoft BioIT Alliance, and is a Registered CDISC Solution Provider.
www.TAKESolutions.com

About NATCO Pharma

NATCO PHARMA LIMITED, which began its operations as a single unit with 20 employees, today has four manufacturing facilities and employs around 1500 people. It has an on-line data for analysis and decision-making. Consistently ranked among the fastest growing pharmaceutical companies in the country, NATCO is utilizing its collective experience to kick-start its future plans as a global company. Respected for Quality, Performance, Care, Responsibility and for creation and maximization of wealth for its shareholders NATCO Pharma Limited, the post-merger organization represents a strategic stage in NATCO’s constant evolution as the Complete Pharma Company.
http://www.natcopharma.co.in/index.html