Global R&D facility

Integrated development and analytical excellence across modalities

Where complex products become manufacturing-ready

The Global R&D Facility serves as the innovation engine behind OneSource’s development and manufacturing platform, supporting biologics, sterile injectables, drug-device combination products, and soft gelatin capsules.

Purpose-built to bridge the gap between early-stage development and commercial manufacturing, the facility brings together formulation science, process development, analytical expertise, and scale-up studies within a single integrated environment. By aligning development activities with manufacturing requirements from the outset, OneSource helps clients reduce technical risk, accelerate technology transfer, and prepare products for successful clinical and commercial execution.

Development expertise across modalities

The facility supports development programs across OneSource’s four core technology platforms, enabling multidisciplinary collaboration and shared technical expertise throughout the product lifecycle.

  • Microbial and mammalian process development for various biologics candidates (novels & biosimilars), analytical development and characterization, scale-up readiness.
  • Aqueous and non-aqueous sterile injectable solutions
  • Lyophilized sterile products and freeze-drying cycle development
  • Nanosuspensions, injectable emulsions, and lipid-based delivery systems
  • Peptide and oligonucleotide formulations, including GLP-1 analogs
  • Long-acting injectable (LAI), depot, and in situ gel drug delivery systems
  • High-concentration and low-dose highly potent injectable formulations
  • Complex generic injectable development supported by in vitro bioequivalence strategies
  • Product-device integration for prefilled syringes, cartridges, and autoinjector platforms
  • Formulation-to-commercial scale process development and technology transfer readiness
  • Integrated drug substance to drug product in various delivery formats, including pre-filled syringes, cartridges, and pen devices. We conduct compatibility studies, technology absorption studies, product-device integration, testing support for essential performance, usability studies, and more.
  • Lipid-based formulations, bioavailability enhancement, specialty capsule technologies, and fill formulation optimization.

Process development designed for manufacturability

Successful commercialization begins with development strategies that anticipate manufacturing realities. At the Global R&D Facility, process development activities are designed to establish robust, scalable processes that can be transferred efficiently into clinical and commercial manufacturing environments. Development teams apply Quality by Design (QbD) principles, risk-based methodologies, and Design of Experiments (DoE) approaches to optimize processes and define critical quality and process parameters.

Biologics process development

OneSource supports biologics development across microbial and mammalian expression systems through:

  • Clone development and screening
  • Upstream process development and optimization
  • Fermentation and cell culture process characterization
  • Downstream purification strategy development
  • Process characterization and control strategy definition
  • Scale-down model development and qualification
  • Technology transfer readiness assessments

Injectable drug product development

  • QbD-led formulation and process development incorporating CQA, CMA, CPP identification, risk assessment, and design space definition
  • Formulation feasibility studies, polymer screening, and material selection for depot and controlled-release delivery systems
  • Sterilization strategy development, aseptic processing, sterile filtration optimization, filter validation, and material compatibility assessments
  • Rheological characterization, injectability assessments, and performance evaluation of complex and sustained-release formulations
  • Process characterization, scale-up studies, hold-time assessments, and manufacturing robustness evaluations
  • Lyophilization cycle optimization, particle engineering, and depot, in situ gel, and controlled-release formulation design
  • Container-closure qualification, extractables and leachables studies, and product-device compatibility assessments
  • In vitro release, permeation, comparative characterization, and IVBE strategy development aligned with FDA PSGs for complex generic injectables
  • Stability screening, technology transfer, process control strategy definition, and commercial manufacturing readiness

Drug-device combination product development

OneSource’s development capabilities for drug-device combination products include:

  • Integrated programs starting with drug substance development
  • Utilization of cartridge-based pens, prefilled syringe autoinjectors, and safety systems
  • Design and development of delivery systems from the ground up
  • Technology absorption from any stage of the device development
  • Studies evaluating needs based on design inputs such as the product’s viscosity, light, and temperature sensitivity
  • Testing for all the essential performance requirements post method absorption
  • Support in creation of design history files for human factors data
  • Synchronizes packaging across dozens of regional product SKUs
  • Technology transfer for clients with established drug delivery systems

Soft gelatin capsule development

Softgel development capabilities include:

  • Lipid-based formulation development
  • Solubility and bioavailability enhancement strategies
  • Fill formulation optimization
  • Fill formulation as small as 100 capsules for clinical studies
  • Enteric and specialty capsule technologies
  • Nano-encapsulation approaches
  • Scale-up support for commercial manufacturing

This work supports right-first-time transfer to OneSource’s commercial manufacturing facilities while reducing development timelines and improving operational efficiency.

Scale-up studies that reduce manufacturing risk

A core function of the Global R&D Facility is helping clients transition from development to manufacturing with confidence.

Scale-up studies are designed to simulate commercial manufacturing conditions, enabling teams to identify scale-dependent risks, optimize process parameters, and establish robust transfer strategies before production begins.

Scale-up support includes

Cell culture process scale-up strategies

Microbial fermentation process scale-up strategies

Injectable process scale-up and manufacturing simulation

Softgel encapsulation optimization

Process reproducibility and robustness assessments

This work supports right-first-time transfer to OneSource’s commercial manufacturing facilities while reducing development timelines and improving operational efficiency.

Advanced analytical capabilities across the product lifecycle

Analytical development is integrated throughout all development activities at the Global R&D Facility, supporting process understanding, product characterization, and regulatory readiness.

Biologics analytics

  • Method development and qualification for physicochemical tests
  • Bioassay (functional and binding) method development and qualification
  • Product and process impurity analysis, including forced degradation by-products
  • Stability-indicating method development and qualification
  • Characterization and/ or biosimilar assessment

Injectable product analytics

  • Advanced characterization of complex sterile injectables, including peptide therapeutics, lyophilized products, nanosuspensions, emulsions, and long-acting delivery systems
  • Stability-indicating analytical methods, forced degradation studies, impurity profiling, and degradation pathway elucidation
  • Peptide characterization through peptide mapping, sequence confirmation, molecular mass determination, and biological activity assessment
  • Aggregation, oligomer, and higher-order structure characterization using orthogonal analytical approaches
  • Comprehensive physicochemical and performance characterization, including particle size, rheology, injectability, reconstitution behavior, and in vitro release profiling
  • Comparative characterization and analytical sameness assessments supporting IVBE programs and FDA PSG-aligned complex generic development
  • Container-closure compatibility, extractables and leachables evaluations, particulate characterization, and microbiological quality assessments
  • Stability studies, specification setting, and analytical support for regulatory submissions, technology transfer, and lifecycle management

Softgel analytics

  • API characterization and impurity assessment
  • Dissolution and in vitro/in vivo assessments. Analytical method development and validation
  • Stability studies as per ICH-recommended conditions and degradation pathways
  • Advanced instrumentation and specialized techniques like ICP-OES, ICP-MS

Together, these capabilities provide the data required to support informed development decisions, successful technology transfer, and regulatory filings.

Deep characterization for complex biologics

Beyond routine analytics, the facility provides advanced characterization capabilities critical for biologics development.

  • Amino acid sequencing and composition analysis
  • Peptide mapping and mass spectrometry-based identification
  • Glycan profiling and post-translational modification (PTM) analysis
  • Disulfide bond and higher-order structure characterization
  • Cell-based functional and binding assays

Seamless transition to commercial manufacturing

OneSource’s development model is designed to integrate directly with its large-scale manufacturing operations.

Processes developed at our Global R&D facility are transferred into the Integrated Drug Substance and Drug Product manufacturing site using structured technology transfer methodologies, ensuring:

  • Alignment between development and manufacturing conditions through a comprehensive gap assessment
  • Identifying scale-dependent risks, enabling right-first-time technology transfer and scale-up
  • Faster progression to clinical and commercial supply

Location

#293, Jigani Link Road, Bommasandra
Anekal Taluk, Bangalore, Karnataka, India 560105

Develop your next breakthrough biologics at our state-of-the-art facility