
Intas Biopharmaceuticals Ltd. is an Indian biotechnology company headquartered in Ahmedabad, India. Located in the Moraiya,Ahmedabad,it is one of the leading biosimilar product manufacturer in Asia.
As an independent biopharmaceutical company of the Intas Group, the company has fully integrated biopharmaceutical operations with R&D facility and an EU-GMP certified bio-pharmaceutical manufacturing facility.
Intas Biopharma is also actively pursuing the Contract Research and Manufacturing Services(CRAMS) line of business. To expand its CRAMS business, Intas Biopharmaceuticals Ltd., in June 2008, acquired a US biotechnology corporation, Biologics Process Development Incorporated (BPD), based in Poway, California.
Products
Intas Biopharma has focused on biosimilars and has generic version of 3 of the top 10 blockbuster in its product basket. It launched its first product Neukine injection (Filgrastim)/ GCSF in July 2004.
Erythropoietin injection under the brand name of Erykine, for anemia due to critical illness like chemotherapy,was introduced in Aug 2005 and Interferon α2b under the brand name of Intalfa was launched in April 2007.
Intas Biopharma also considers itself first company in the world after the innovator, to introduce Pegylated version of GCSF (PEG-GCSF),under the brand name of Neupeg. Neupeg was launched in Aug 2007. The PEG (polyethylene glycol) form has a much longer half-life, reducing the necessity of daily injections.