Celon Labs Health Campaign 2010

Hyderabad, November 6, 2010: Celon `Laboratories Ltd., - a bio pharmaceutical company specializing in oncology & critical care drugs - is organizing multiple Free health camps and Cancer Awareness Campaign in various slums of the city spread over 3 days from Saturday 6th November, 2010.The Campaign was inaugurated by Tollywood Heroine Archana Veda in the presence of Mr. K. V. Ravindra, CEO, Celon Laboratories Ltd., at the slum located at Venkateswara Nagar, Film Nagar, Jubilee Hills.

CELON LABS is organizing the Free Health Camps & Cancer Awareness campaign in slum areas of the city to make the urban poor conscious of the cancer burden, create awareness on the different types of cancers and spread the message of cancer prevention & early detection. In these camps the Doctors will attend to patients for their various medical ailments and distribute prescribed medicines free of cost. The camps are being organized at the slums of Venkateswara Nagar, Film Nagar, Jubilee Hills & Karmikanagar, Motinagar on November 6th; on November 7th at Vinayaka Nagar, Borabanda and on November 8th at Sabdarnagar & Hamali basti both at Motinagar. Over 1500 patients are expected to attend the camps on these three days.

According to Mr K V Ravindra, CEO, Celon Laboratories Ltd., there has been an alarming rise in the incidence of Cancer in our country in the last decade. The cancer awareness campaigns by the Government and medical professionals have been largely restricted to the elite and the educated. The poorer sections of the society who don't have access to modern medicine are as much prone to cancer but are hopelessly ill-informed about it. Celon labs, intends to target these unreached sections and make them aware about prevention and more importantly about early detection, which can help in nipping the disease in the early stage, says Mr Ravindra.

About Celon Laboratories Ltd.
Celon fulfills an important need in the medical community as a provider of broad portfolio of injectable pharmaceutical products, including difficult to manufacture and urgently needed medical products. Celon with manufacturing facility at Hyderabad has a portfolio of over 100 products in areas of oncology, anti-infective and critical care injectable formulations and a rich pipeline of approximately 50 products in various stages of development. Celon's state-of-the-art research centre is constantly focused on development of new molecules through non-infringing processes and development of innovative drug delivery systems. Analytical development lab at Celon is equipped with latest analytical instruments.

Celon Laboratories Limited Address:
Plot No. 16, Achutha Co-op-Housing
Society, Road No. 10,
Banjara Hills,
Hyderabad-500 034
Andhra Pradesh, India

Tel: +91 40 4030 3838