Kendle has opened its new operations center in the Special Economic Zone (SEZ) of the Ahmedabad-Gandhinagar Knowledge Corridor. The new operations center will focus on delivery of clinical data management, medical writing, pharmacovigilance/safety, biostatistics/programming and other knowledge processing-related services. The operations center will initially employ approximately 50 professionals and is expected to scale up to approximately 300 in the near term.

“Growth in India is a key component of our strategy and will be very important to the future of Kendle,” said Stephen Cutler, Ph.D., senior vice president and chief operating officer. “Our expanded presence in Asia, and in India in particular, creates efficiencies in the clinical development process for our customers worldwide and positions Kendle as a leading provider of high-quality, innovative and cost-effective clinical development services in this growing market.”