Ocimum Biosolutions Named As 2010s Best Bioinformatics Company By Biospectrum

Online, December 23, 2010 (Newswire.com) - Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA and Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India: Biospectrum awards are announced in December every year, honoring the top achievers in the field of Biotechnology in India. In the 8th BioSpectrum-ABLE Biotech Industry Survey done in June-July 2010, Ocimum Biosolutions emerged as the No.1 Bioinformatics Company.

Ms. Anuradha Acharya, CEO of Ocimum Biosolutions and a Biospectrum Best Entrepreneur 2008 award winner herself, mentioned that, "We are glad and extremely honored to win the Best Bioinformatics Company Award. Ocimum will now strive harder to live up to the benchmarks that this has set for us. We believe that with our new campus, housing over 300,000 sq ft of GLP compliant, genomic and diagnostics labs and our all-encompassing solution offerings through the Research as a Service (RaaS) platform in 2011, we will be able to enhance our unparalleled, hassle-free user experience even further. We hope to become the best research services company soon. We thank Biospectrum for recognizing us and propelling us towards our larger aspirations." The award was presented to Ocimum Biosolutions at a ceremony, attended by the cream of India's biotech industry in Bangalore, on 17th December 2010.

About Ocimum Biosolutions
Ocimum Biosolutions is an leading integrated global genomics outsourcing partner with solutions spanning Bioresearch Design and Execution; Data Analytics and Insights; Laboratory, Sample & Data Management; and Integrated Solutions. Ocimum provides comprehensive genomic services and reference databases; data analysis; biorepository services such as sample accrual & collection, IRB approvals, CRO training, sample, clinical data capture and management; life science lab information management solutions; and also offers both research level and GLP-compliant services. Majority of the top 25 pharma & biotech companies and leading research institutes worldwide have chosen Ocimum as their preferred genomics outsourcing partner.

For more information, please visit www.ocimumbio.com.