VelQuest Partners with Crescent Scientific to Provide cGMP Informatics
Hopkinton, MA, and Mumbai, India, June 16, 2009 – VelQuest Corporation, the leader in electronic process management and compliance software and electronic lab notebook solutions for the pharmaceutical industry, today announced a new partnership with Crescent Scientific Pvt., Ltd., a leading provider of automation systems and instruments services to India’s Pharmaceuticals and Life Sciences industries.
Under the terms of the agreement, Crescent Scientific will offer certified local technical sales and service for all VelQuest ePMC™ (electronic Process Management & Compliance) based software solutions including SmartLab™ GMP Electronic Notebook System, SmartBatch™ Electronic Batch Record System, and ThinLIMS™ eLogbook Applications. Crescent Scientific will also provide services for requirement definitions/scoping, project implementation, systems integration, connection with lab instruments and production plant equipment, validation, and training.
“As the Indian pharmaceutical market matures, manufacturers are seeking to ensure proper regulatory execution and documentation processes for their global customers”, said Jef Leemans, Senior Vice President, International Operations of VelQuest. “VelQuest customers have reported their ability to eliminate paper-based data capture and documentation processes through automation, creating annual operational benefits yielding millions of dollars in efficiency gains. Through our partnership with Crescent Scientific, our global pharmaceutical customers can now benefit from best-practice methodology and certified technical support for their operations based in India.”
“This partnership combines VelQuest’s decade of experience and technology with Crescent’s deep knowledge of the Indian pharmaceutical market, which is essential to meet India’s pharmaceutical and life science industries’ growing need for automated GMP/GLP laboratory informatics and pharmaceutical manufacturing plant records”, said Vichu Iyer, Managing Director of Crescent Scientific. “India is now ranked fourth in the world for pharmaceutical production, due to increased consumption in India and global export market demand. Like the US, we are developing cost effective and compliant facilities for all types of dosage forms in all major therapeutic areas.” Iyer continues, “With the current cost, productivity and compliance challenges facing each company, VelQuest’s proven solutions are essential building blocks for India’s future growth in the global life science marketplace.”
About VelQuest Corporation
VelQuest Corporation is the leading provider of software solutions that help companies in regulated life science industries reduce operational costs and compliance risk by automating manual paper-based documentation processes with efficient electronic systems. Please visit http://www.velquest.com/ for more information.
About Crescent Scientific, Pvt., Ltd.
Founded in Mumbai, India with offices throughout India, Crescent Scientific is an enterprise-wide automation, system & Instrument services provider to India’s Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences industries. Crescent Scientific offers services in the IT compliance consulting and system integration areas with a life sciences practice specialized in the implementation, validation and optimization of laboratory informatics systems for the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical devices industries. Services include user requirement definitions/scoping, project implementation, system and instrument integration and training. For more information, visit Crescent Scientific at http://www.cspl.in/.
VelQuest, the VelQuest logo, ePMC, SmartLab, SmartBatch, and ThinLIMS are trademarks of VelQuest Corporation. Other product and company names mentioned are trademarks of their respective owners.
