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With rising drug development costs and burdensome clinical trials, Indian-based firms are transferring their research departments to other entitites in hopes of saving cash, mitigating risk, and ultimately, buying back the rewards.

Bangalore-based biotech firm Biocon is the new kid on the block with a plan to transfer its research and development (R&D) arm to a new company. Biocon is reportedly transferring all of its molecules under development into a firm that will serve as a wholly owned subsidiary.

Transferral trends

Biocon joins the list of luminaries such as Mumbai-headquartered Sun Pharma, Wockhardt, and Piramal Healthcare, and Delhi-based Ranbaxy, who have divested their R&D ...

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