David U'Prichard Joins the Board of Directors at Ocimum Biosolutions

(I-Newswire) March 8, 2010 - Hyderabad, India and Gaithersburg, MD, USA, March 8, 2010 — Ocimum Biosolutions, a leading integrated genomics solutions company, today announced that David U'Prichard, President at Druid Consulting LLC, has joined the company’s Board of Directors effective immediately. Dr. U'Prichard holds several board positions in life sciences companies globally that include Life Technologies, Inc., Oxagen, Cyclacel and Silence Therapeutics plc. Dr. David U’Prichard is also a venture partner at Red Abbey Venture Partners.

Ms. Anu Acharya, CEO, Ocimum Biosolutions says, “We are delighted to have Dr. David U'Prichard on our Board of Directors. David’s wealth of expertise in the biotech and pharma, venture capital and a strong academic background makes him a great source of wisdom for the road ahead for Ocimum. We look forward to a long and fruitful association with David.”

About Ocimum biosolutions:
Ocimum Biosolutions is a global integrated genomics services company with operations in Hyderabad, India, Gaithersburg, MD in the US and The Netherlands. Ocimum provides comprehensive genomic reference databases, life science lab information management solutions, GLP-compliant microarray services and essential research consumables. Over 2/3rd of the top 25 pharma companies, leading research institutes and emerging biotech companies worldwide have chosen us as their preferred outsourcing partner and utilize our expertise for understanding underlying mechanisms of diseases, discovery and prioritization of gene targets and biomarkers.
Our global infrastructure, standardized procedures, capacity, expertise and highly skilled staff support drug development programs from pre-clinical target development and toxicogenomic assessment to clinical biomarker identification and patient stratification. In creating the world's largest commercial gene expression databases – BioExpress® and ToxExpress®, we have developed expertise and capabilities that are unparalleled in the genomic services industry. Ocimum has been consistently ranked as India’s fastest growing biotechnology company and one of the fastest growing technology companies over the last five years by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu.
For more information, please visit www.ocimumbio.com

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Ocimum biosolutions
Manoj Bhangare
6th Floor, Reliance Classic
Road No. 1, Banjara Hills
500 034.
Phone : +91-40-66986700