Piramal Life's drug discovery with govt starts phase-II

The federal government's department of biotechnology (DBT) and Piramal Life Sciences have started the second phase of drug discovery partnership to find new drugs from 14,000 bio-active cultures, Piramal Life Sciences said today.

The federal government's department of biotechnology (DBT) and Piramal Life Sciences have started the second phase of drug discovery partnership to find new drugs from 14,000 bio-active cultures, Piramal Life Sciences said on Friday.

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The bio-active cultures were discovered in a nationwide search for new drugs from bio-diverse habitats in collaboration with nine national institutes, it said in a statement.

The project has achieved rapidity and 1,000 extracts out of the 14,000 would be evaluated within the next one-and-half years to obtain lead molecules, it said.

The project has been jointly funded by the DBT and Primal Life Sciences, it said without disclosing financial details.