Hikal's wholly-owned subsidiary, Acoris Research Ltd, a state-of-the-art contract research facility, has received ISO 9001-2008 certification by Det Norske Veritas (DNV) for its best practices, standardized systems and procedures.

Acoris believes in adopting global standards for achieving its business objectives and scientific goals, and to provide superior quality of services to its clients. Acoris operates with stringent standards and tight quality controls to ensure integrity and uniform functioning of the organization.
Dr Helmut Rupp, president, Acoris, said, “Acoris had undertaken extensive preparation for the certification process and we are glad to be recognized as an ISO certified company. It has been and shall always be our endeavor to document what we are doing and to follow what we have documented.”

Acoris is a state-of-the-art contract research facility situated at the International Biotech Park in Pune. It delivers contract research and manufacturing services to innovator companies and provides customized services, from Full Time Equivalent (FTE) to Fee for Service (FfS) contracts. Acoris helps customers innovate during the early lifecycle of their products with a comprehensive suite of offerings including route scouting, contract research, process development, scale up, analytical method development and cGMP (kilo) manufacturing.