BIA Separations signs two new distribution agreements extending coverage in Asia Pacific

8Jul2020

• GeneX India Biosciences takes over sole distribution activities in India • IT Technologies will operate in Singapore and Malaysia

Ajdovščina, Slovenia, 08 July 2020: BIA Separations, a leading bio-chromatography development and manufacturing company, today announced  it has signed agreements with Bioscience companies, GeneX India Biosciences Pvt. Ltd. (GeneX India) and IT Technologies Pte. Ltd. (IT Tech). Both Companies will act as sole distributors of BIA Separations‘ products and services across their respective regions of India, and Singapore and Malaysia.  

BIA Separations provides research and method development services for the purification of large and complex biomolecules including those with therapeutic applications. Through the agreements, both distributors will provide academic researchers, CMOs and biopharmaceutical companies access to BIA Separations‘ proprietary CIMac™ analytical and CIMmultus™  preparative purification technologies for cell and gene therapies, including viral vectors, nucleic acids, phages, and exosomes.

Ingo S. Nagler, Business Development Officer, BIA Separations commented: “We are delighted to have GeneX India and IT Tech on board and look forward to jointly providing researchers and process developers across Asia with our state-of-the-art bioprocessing technologies and services, to enable the accelerated development of cell and gene based medicines.“

Felix Paul, Managing Director GeneX India Biosciences added: “ GeneX is committed to bringing the highest quality products to the market, with dedicated local customer service and support. The agreement with BIA Separations supports this mission, and we are very proud to be working with the team to ensure its leading purification technologies and expertise are available to research and bioproduction customers throughout India.”

Danapalan Arumugam, Managing Director at IT Tech said: "IT Tech has been operating in Singapore and Malaysia since 1991, supporting customers in the field of chromatography across pharmaceuticals, food, chemicals, flavours and fragrances, through to petroleums. Cell and gene therapy is still at an early stage here, and therefore this is an exciting time to be signing a partnership  with BIA Separations, enabling us to offer the Company‘s products and services across research in this high-potential field."  

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Zyme Communications
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At BIA Separations
Kaja Tudja
Sales and Marketing Manager
E: marketing@biaseparations.com
T: +386 (0)59 699 505

About BIA Separations www.biaseparations.com

BIA Separations is the leading developer and manufacturer of CIM® (Convective Interaction Media) monolithic chromatographic columns for production, purification, and analytics of large biomolecules. The company has research and production facilities in Slovenia, with sales offices and distributors throughout the world. BIA Separations’ mission is to develop and produce CIM® monolithic columns of highest quality and provide superior research and method development services for purification and analytics of biomolecules. In addition, the company aims to provide unique in-process control tools to better understand and control the bioprocesses.

About GeneX India Biosciences www.genexindia.net

GeneX India was founded in 2004 as channel partner for innovative biotech companies across the

Indian territory. The Company provides a reliable source of produsts and is a trusted partner for a wide spectrum of CGT clients across academic research institutes and the biopharma industry.

About IT Technologies www.ittech.com.sg

IT Tech is a Singapore-based company which began in August 1996 with a mission to provide an integrated one-stop solution for the scientific industry. The organization is constantly evolving to meet the needs of its customers and those of the wider research community in Singapore and Malaysia.

By investing in logistics and information technology systems, IT Tech is focused on delivering a custom solution with an efficient purchasing system, immediate delivery and professional service support including technical and application solutions.