Bioneeds – Your Preferred Destination for all GLP Services

Dr. S. N. Vinaya Babu Managing director of BIONEEDS

Being a First generation Entrepreneur, Dr. Vinaya Babu has been instrumental in terms of both strategic leadership and operational management in underpinning BIONEEDS’ growth and evolution over past several years. After a successful endeavor of a decade catering to almost all major Agrochemical, Pharma, Biopharma and Medical device companies with a strong team of 250, BIONEEDS stands tall as a company valued at multimillion dollars. The state-of-the-art world class facilities are spread over 250,000 sq. ft. place in Bangalore, India in two locations.

Q: Could you please briefly explain the philosophy in establishing of Bioneeds?

Our journey of Bioneeds started in the year 2006 for animal supply and today Bioneeds has metamorphosed into a full-fledged scientifically driven leading CRO with Total Commitment to Quality deliverables with Global compliance. I strongly believe that ‘Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can be achieved.’

Bioneeds is in the forefront of R & D and supports development, data generation and registration requirements of Agrochemical products for our collaborators and partners worldwide. Growing from a 6 room in vivo facility to US-FDA audited 85 room vivarium conforming to international standards - the largest in the country, Bioneeds has carved a name to reckon with. The core philosophy of the company has been to establish a ‘One Stop Solution’ for Integrated Discovery, Development and Regulatory services for Agrochemicals, Industrial chemicals, Pharmaceuticals, Medical Devices and other allied industries.

Q: Could you please introduce more about your services and the special advantage you have over your industry rivals?

Today, Bioneeds is a globally recognised and acclaimed Brand with a strong client base. Over the past 10 years, Bioneeds has established an enviable track record catering to various segments of the Crop Protection industry with high quality services and stringent timelines.

For Agrochemicals (Plant Protection Products), Industrial chemicals, Biocides, Flavours and Fragrances we offer Phys-Chem analysis , 5 Batch analysis, GLP Toxicology studies, Eco-toxicology studies and complete package studies for registration according to CIBRC, South East Asian countries like K-REACH, EU-REACH, US-EPA, SENASA, ANVISA, PMRA and other global registrations. With rich historical data we have the expertise to perform long-term chronic and sub-chronic toxicological studies in rodents,non-rodents and some livestock.

The Unique advantage of working with Bioneeds is the Flexibility, Reliability and Quality of our services. Our customer centric and market driven approach has enabled us to win over our industry peers, retain the current client base and add new ones year-onyear. Bioneeds has paved prolific growth building a strong client base in the last few years.

Our Track record of experience in Crop protection products spans across handling 150+ types Technicals, 90+ Formulation products and 55+ combination insecticide products involving complex chemistries.

Q: Please introduce your market performance in India, is there any successful experience and service concept that can be shared with readers?

Agrochemical business in India is growing at a very fast pace and slated to move towards double digit growth. Ranked as the Fastest growing CRO in the recent years, Bioneeds has established a formidable Client Base in India and we collaborate with most of the top 20 Crop protection companies with multiyear engagements. With expertise in Complete Regulatory Data package support for Pesticides, Insecticides, Herbicides, Biopesticides and Plant growth regulators, we are the First choice of preference for Crop Protection industry. Bioneeds has been the pioneer in validating in vitro assay offerings from India which is one of the key requirements for EU REACH registrations.

By generating several patents for novel and cost reduction process development & scale up for crop protection products we have played a crucial role in “Value Creation” for our clients.

Q: How you see the development tendency of agrochemical business, how your services help clients cope with change of the market?

The global market for agrochemicals is projected to reach USD 250.5 billion by 2020, at a CAGR of 3.2% from 2015 to 2020. Several new types of chemical pesticides, biopesticides and plant protection products have been drawn under the regulatory framework and the market has expanded rapidly. Bioneeds is market ready and has equipped itself to support handling of new regimen of products.

Being in constant sync with the changes in the regulatory environment, we proactively upgrade our infrastructure, internal processes, SOPs and train our scientific team to incorporate latest changes or methodologies into the conduct of studies. Thereby our clients receive data generated as per the latest regulatory demands. This in turn helps our clients to have an edge over their competitors. 

At Bioneeds we are cognizant to the importance to support our clients post their regulatory submissions as we understand that our responsibility does not end on just issuing the final reports. We are always ready to provide quick and adequate responses to any regulatory queries. 

Q: Could you please tell readers your vision specifically for China market for the coming years?

Bioneeds has established a track record of satisfying more than 300+ pesticides manufacturers for their requirements in data generation for regulatory and dossier submissions of which a significant number of them are from China. Our objective is to enhance our footprint in China with Quality service backed by efficient client support to bask in several more manufacturers for long term collaborations for multiple products. Our mission is also to explore synthetic chemistry related opportunities in order to support IP creation for our Chinese clients.

With a wide range of service offerings progressively addressing the global regulatory changes we aim to be a “Preferred & Trusted partner” in the Chinese market.