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Girindus America

Dr. Mark Laskovics has found the building blocks of success. In Ohio.

Dr. Mark Laskovics, president and chief operating officer of Girindus America Inc., knows it takes the right combination of people, education and environment to build a successful bioscience business.

That's why Ohio is the perfect location for Girindus, a technology-driven company creating solutions for the pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries.

Ohio's extensive university system delivers to Dr. Laskovics the high-tech talent he needs. He knows that Ohio's reasonable cost of living and easy lifestyle keep career-minded scientists and specialists here in the state. Once they land here, highly skilled workers embrace a work-life balance found nowhere else.

And Ohio's supportive business climate has been instrumental in the company's growth. A recent $1.2 million OhioThird Frontier grant enabled Girindus to build a production facility for a unique class of compounds.Tax abatements and grant possibilities through local government helped lay the foundation for the company's success.

Dr. Laskovics relishes the relaxed pace and focus on family in Ohio. He is free to enjoy a range of leisure activities, from biking along the network of trails in southwest Ohio to attending major league sporting events.

After living all over the world, Dr. Laskovics has constructed his dream team in Ohio's business-friendly environment, capitalizing on the state's many assets.The balance is perfect.

About Girindus America Inc.

Girindus is a technology-driven company offering the pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries comprehensive skills, including process R&D, cGMP-compliant scale-up and manufacture of active ingredients, as well as regulatory support. Girindus delivers the fastest fully integrated way of moving a drug candidate from lead identification through clinical trials up to commercial API production. Our versatile equipment allows almost any quantity to be produced, from grams to multi-tons. For medchem, preclinical, clinical and radiosynthesis needs, Girindus operates laboratories and pilot plant facilities in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. This site is also home of our commercial scale oligonucleotide production. Girindus' Web site address is www.girindus.com.