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summary: Hikal is a contract development and manufacturing partner for pharmaceuticals, biotech, and specialty chemicals, offering API synthesis, process development, and custom manufacturing at FDA-approved facilities across five Indian manufacturing sites. Headquartered in Pune, India.
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# Hikal

Contract research, process development, and API manufacturing for global life sciences companies.

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## Summary

Hikal is a contract development and manufacturing partner for pharmaceuticals, biotech, and specialty chemicals, offering API synthesis, process development, and custom manufacturing at FDA-approved facilities across five Indian manufacturing sites. Headquartered in Pune, India.

## At a glance

- Founded: 1988
- HQ country: IN

## Services

- API Synthesis & Manufacturing
- Process Development
- CMC Analytical Development
- Technology Transfer
- Small Molecule Development & Manufacturing
- HPAPI Manufacturing (High-Potency)

## Modalities

- Small Molecule

## Locations

- Headquarters, Pune, Maharashtra, India
- Manufacturing Facility, Taloja, Maharashtra, India
- Manufacturing Facility, Mahad, Maharashtra, India
- Manufacturing Facility, Panoli, Gujarat, India
- Manufacturing Facility, Jigani, Bengaluru, India
- Research & Technology Centre, Pune, Maharashtra, India

## Long description

## Overview

Hikal, established in 1988, is a contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) serving global pharmaceuticals, biotech, agrochemicals, and specialty chemicals companies. The company operates five manufacturing facilities in India (Maharashtra, Gujarat, and Bengaluru) plus a Research & Technology centre in Pune, all inspected and certified by global regulatory authorities.

## Core Capabilities

**Contract Research & Development:**
- Synthesis, process development, and manufacturing services across APIs, active ingredients, regulated starting materials, impurities, building blocks, and chemical libraries
- Route scouting using electronic and in-house library databases
- Small-scale synthesis (multigram scale) with analytical method development
- Process development with rigorous quality and safety compliance
- Pilot-scale manufacturing in cGMP and non-cGMP plants
- Custom synthesis from gram to ton quantities

**Contract Manufacturing:**
- Process R&D for intellectual property development
- Routine and complex chemistry capabilities
- Technology transfer services via experienced Technology Absorption Team (TAT)
- APIs and advanced intermediates at FDA-approved facilities
- New molecular entity manufacturing compliant with FDA good manufacturing practices

**Analytical & Characterization:**
- Advanced analytical instrumentation: GC-MS/MS, LC-MS/MS, multi-nuclei NMR, preparative HPLC, GC, polarimeters, FT-IR, UV-visible spectrophotometry, Karl Fischer apparatus, flame photometry
- Impurity profiling and degradation product identification
- Full analytical method development and validation

## Regulatory & Quality

All facilities have been inspected and certified by respective global regulatory authorities, including FDA approval for API and advanced intermediate manufacturing.

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