VAV Life Sciences
VAV Life Sciences Private Limited is an Indian company producing healthcare ingredients including lecithin and phospholipid, with products serving the food, nutrition, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics and [...] delivery markets. Within pharmaceuticals, the Company also manufactures generic ACTIVE pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) with a particular focus on cytotoxic drugs like Permethrin.
Refined phospholipids derived from soyabean, milk and egg are used for liposomal [...] delivery of topical, oral, transdermal and parenteral medicines. They find increasing usage in nanomedicine like oncology and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) due to their ability to target specific cells.
Located with R & D and manufacturing facilities in Vasai (Thane district) near Mumbai, VAV Life Sciences alongwith it's subsidary VAV Lipids Private Limited, serves the global market with 90% of its sales outside India. In the pharmaceutical segment, VAV Life Sciences’ presence straddles four main therapeutic areas—hepatology, neurology, cardiovascular and oncology. VAV Life Sciences' brands include LIPOVA for egg lecithins, LECIVA for Soya Lecithins, OLEOVA for egg oil and EYOVA for a consumer hair nutrient.
VAV Life Sciences' actively collaborates with and supports universities to make courses more industry oriented and in their research projects related to targeted [...] delivery, liposomes and nanoparticless for crossing the blood–brain barrier. Their materials have formed the basis of significant research projects with their gift samples being acknowledged in several research articles, and patents, globally.
VAV Life Sciences' is rated C2 by SMERA, India's first rating agency for SME segment and is a member of International Lecithin & Phospholipid Society, CHEMEXCIL, Federation of Indian Export Organisations, Phospholipid Research Centre and the Indo-German Chamber of Commerce.
VAV Life Sciences' employs biotechnologists, chemists, microbiologists, engineers, finance/legal/marketing analysts and general administrators. Around 6% of its employees have PhD degrees, 32% have a master’s degree, and 41% are graduates.