Bayer CropScience and GVK Biosciences Private Limited, Hyderabad, India, have entered into a research cooperation in the area of early discovery chemistry with the objective of accelerating the search for promising active ingredients for innovative crop protection products.

Under the agreement, Bayer CropScience will integrate GVK BIO capacities in the early part of its Discovery chemistry process.

''We want to further speed up the development of our successful crop protection R&D pipeline and this cooperation in the area of early discovery chemistry will help Bayer CropScience to further increase efficiency in its research. It will also help our company to participate at the quickly developing scientific environment in India,'' said Dr. Alexander Klausener, Head of Research at Bayer CropScience AG.

Bayer CropScience AG, a subsidiary of Bayer AG, is one of the world's leading innovative crop science companies in the areas of crop protection, non-agricultural pest control, seeds and plant biotechnology.

GVK Biosciences (GVK BIO) is Asia's leading research services organisation, providing a broad spectrum of services, stand–alone and integrated, across the R&D value chain.