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R&D AT HARMAN

A Best-in-Class R&D Team

Our R&D teams identify and develop new products and non-infringing processes, manage technology transfer to manufacturing, and maintain GMP-compliant documentation from first experiment to commercial batch.

PILLAR 01 · Navi Mumbai & Shendra

API Research & Development

Proficient in the development of niche APIs such as Glycopyrronium Tosylate, Vilanterol and Valsartan. Our in-house centres are equipped for every reaction class we run at scale, with rotavapors, spray driers, lyophilizers and vacuum driers, supported by a fully equipped analytical R&D laboratory. Our Navi Mumbai (NM) R&D centre specializes in non-infringing process development for APIs and contract research, on computer-controlled reactors.

R&D Centre - API & FDF

Formulation Lab

PILLAR 02 · Shendra

Formulation Research & Development

Generic formulation development across Diabetes, CVS, CNS and lifestyle therapies, using a QbD approach with First-to-File capability. Expertise spans Immediate Release, Modified Release (matrix & reservoir), orally disintegrating and chewable oral solids, with advanced pelletization on Innojet, Glatt and Hüttlin fluid-bed systems.

THE SCALE-UP JOURNEY

From a 3-Litre Flask to Commercial Batches

Drag the slider, or tap a stage, to see how a formulation travels from bench to plant without ever leaving Harman.

Lab Bench | 3–13 L | Wet granulation development begins at flask scale, alongside pellet development from 0.5 to 1.8 kg, where the formulation and process parameters are first defined. | Lab RMG · Innojet V-25 (lab) · Bottom-spray 2.5 kg line
GMP Pilot | ≤ 25 kg | A dedicated GMP area produces pilot bio-batches of tablets, capsules and pellets, with a 25 kg bottom-spray coating line bridging lab and plant. | GMP pilot suite · Innojet Ventilus V-25 · Bosch Hüttlin PilotLab
Scale-Up | 200–527 L | Process parameters transfer to intermediate fluid-bed systems, where drying, granulation and coating are proven at production-representative volumes. | Hüttlin HDGC 200 · Glatt fluid-bed · QbD design space verification
Commercial | 800 kg+ | Validated processes run on commercial lines: pellet coating up to 800 kg on the Innojet Ventilus V-800 and batches up to 4,000 kg in the FDF facility. | Innojet Ventilus V-800 · Fette P-3030 compression · Batches up to 4,000 kg

Analytical & Characterization

Reference-Grade Instrumentation Behind Every Method

From routine QC to advanced characterization, our laboratories run on globally recognised instrument platforms. Hover over any instrument to see what runs behind it.

FTIR

XRD

DISSO

STABILITY

LC-MS/MS

HPLC

FTIR

XRD

DISSO

STABILITY

LC-MS/MS

HPLC

INSIDE OUR LABS

A Look Inside Our R&D Centre

NEXT STEP

Bring Us Your Complex Molecule

From niche API development to QbD-driven formulation, our scientists take on the projects others turn away.

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