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The facility

Facilities and equipment

A single accredited laboratory in Salem, Tamil Nadu. Chemistry, toxicology, ecotoxicology, entomology, microbiology and the vivarium share one site — which is the whole reason a study can change division without changing custodian.

Laboratory space
150,000 sq ft
City
Salem
NSRL illustration: a cutaway model of a single laboratory site, its glass-walled units lit in teal and set out side by side on one base marked NSRL.

Registered office, laboratories & client services

Salem, Tamil Nadu

Conceptual illustration — not a photograph of NSRL premises or equipment.

Around the site

Environments, and what each is held to.

Five controlled environments carry the in-life and analytical programme. The full specification schedule is below.

  • NSRL illustration: a planted aquatic test tank linked by tubing to a sealed terrestrial growth chamber on a laboratory bench.
    Aquatic & terrestrial systemsPlant growth chambers, flow-through aquatic systems and micro-applicators supporting twenty-six ecotoxicology species.Conceptual illustration — not a photograph of NSRL premises or equipment.
  • NSRL illustration: culture dishes and a microplate laid out on the stainless deck of a glass-fronted containment cabinet.
    MicrobiologySterility, endotoxin and environmental monitoring against ISO, USP and OECD methods.Conceptual illustration — not a photograph of NSRL premises or equipment.
  • NSRL illustration: a microscope objective and a row of optical lenses resolving into a magnified circular field of stained cells.
    Microscopy & cell analysisFluorescence microscopes, cell sorters, whole-slide scanners and automated tissue processors.Conceptual illustration — not a photograph of NSRL premises or equipment.
  • NSRL illustration: a bank of sample vials beneath an automated dispensing arm, beside glass reservoir bottles on a dark bench.
    Chemistry & bioanalysisIdentity, purity, concentration and stability established before a single dose is prepared.Conceptual illustration — not a photograph of NSRL premises or equipment.

The facility

One site. One chain of custody.

Every division works from the same accredited site in Salem. What that buys is not convenience — it is that a study can change division without changing custodian.

The facilitySalem, Tamil Nadu
NSRL illustration: a stacked rack of glass laboratory modules, each tier holding sample trays and culture plates under teal light.

A single accredited site houses everything — study direction, regulatory strategy and client services alongside the laboratories, the vivarium and the archive. Because chemistry, toxicology, ecotoxicology and entomology sit under one roof, a study moves between divisions without ever leaving our custody.

Registered office, laboratories & client services

472/3, SS TowersAnnapuram, Junction Main RoadSalem 636 004Tamil Nadu, India

Houses — 11 functions

  • 01Study direction
  • 02Regulatory strategy
  • 03Client services
  • 04Toxicology
  • 05Chemistry
  • 06Ecotoxicology
  • 07Entomology
  • 08Microbiology
  • 09Vivarium
  • 10Bioanalysis
  • 11Archive

Capacity

The estate, in numbers that can be counted.

Floor area, instruments, people and clean rooms. Four measurements a sponsor can verify on a site visit, which is the only kind worth publishing.

Capacity readout

NSRL · Salem

CH 01Laboratory space
150,000 sq ft
At a single accredited site in Salem, Tamil Nadu
CH 02Instruments
450+
Analytical, environmental and in-life equipment in service
CH 03Professionals
350+
Scientists, veterinarians, analysts and quality staff
CH 04Clean rooms
70+
Environmentally controlled animal housing

Controlled environments

Five conditions, each held to a stated specification.

Studies here run for days or for years. The specification column is the part that has to survive the whole duration — and be demonstrable afterwards.

Controlled environments — specification schedule
RefEnvironmentSpecificationWhat is held, and for what
01Animal housing70+ clean roomsControlled temperature, humidity, lighting and ventilation, with continuous health and body-weight monitoring, supporting the small animal models the toxicology programme runs on.
02Inhalation suitesMultiple chambersState-of-the-art inhalation chambers for acute and repeat-dose inhalation toxicity in small animals — the capability that decides whether an airborne chemical or inhaled drug can be evaluated at all.
03Aquatic & terrestrial systemsFlow-throughFlow-through aquatic systems, plant growth chambers, cold rooms and micro-applicators supporting twenty-six species across the ecotoxicology programme.
04Insect rearingIn-house coloniesBreeding programmes maintained for every entomology test species, from cockroaches and mosquitoes to termites and stored-product insects, removing the variability of field-collected populations.
05Archive10-year retentionSecure storage for raw data, blocks, slides and specimens, with RAID-server redundancy held both on-site and off-site.

Instrument estate

Every instrument, entered on one register.

450+

Groups
04
Named below
23

The register names the instrument classes a protocol is most often written around. The estate in service is larger, and every unit on it is qualified, calibrated and logged against the study that used it.

Separation and identification at trace concentration

  • HPLC
  • GC-MS
  • GC-MS/MS
  • LC-MS/MS
  • ICP-MS

Open to inspection

Sponsors are welcome to audit the facility.

A laboratory you can walk through is the only kind worth describing.

Client services and every laboratory function on this page sit at one accredited site in Salem, Tamil Nadu. Tell us which divisions and which study type you need to see, and we will scope the visit from there.

Arrange a site visitThe quality system
Units open
01
Direct line
+91 427 2430833
Email
info@nsrl.co.in

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