As part of a long-term strategic plan to further AMRI's discovery capabilities in India, AMRI, a global contract research and manufacturing organization, announced the hiring of two experts in medicinal and computational chemistry at its research center located in Hyderabad, India (HRC).

Simultaneously, the company announced the completion of the relocation of custom library synthesis resources and capabilities to HRC from the Company's Budapest, Hungary operations. The new hires and relocation of resources provide additional flexibility to enhance productivity and client service for AMRI's global drug discovery operations, which draw upon a broad spectrum of service capabilities from multiple sites.

Srinivas Nanduri, Ph.D., was hired as Director of Medicinal Chemistry in India, reporting to Subramanyam Maddala, President of India Operations. In addition, Suneel Kumar Bommisetty, Ph.D., was hired as Senior Research Associate of Computational Chemistry, reporting to Nanduri.