Bangalore, Dec 21, 2009: Ocimum Biosolutions, an integrated genomics company in India, has announced that it ranked 42nd on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 Asia Pacific 2009, a ranking of the 500 fastest growing technology companies in Asia Pacific. The rankings are based on the percentage revenue growth over three years. In addition to ranking on Deloitte's Technology Fast 500, Ocimum ranked fourth on the Technology Fast 50 India Program, which is a ranking of the 50 fastest growing technology firms in India.

Ms Anuradha Acharya, CEO, Ocimum Biosolutions, said, "We have always let customers' needs drive our priorities. As the pharma and biotech industry evolves, the need for a global genomics infrastructure is desired."

 

Earlier this year the INC magazine listed Ocimum as one the fastest growing companies in North America. Ocimum offers a global genomics infrastructure that includes Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) compliant labs, gold standard databases, biorepository and analytics on hosted data management platform. The company is building a state-of-the-art facility at their corporate headquarters in Hyderabad, India, which will mirror the GLP and Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) facilities available in Gaithersburg, US.