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Acton Biotech

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Product: Genetic tests for Cancer Patients
Industry: Healthcare
Location: Pune

Sandeep Saxena

 

Founder: Sandeep Saxena
Co-Founder: N/A
Investor: N/A
Mentor: Dr. Madhu Mehta, Dr. B J Rao, Dr. Harish Padh
Key Clients: 2,000 cancer patients across India
Top-Line: 15 lakhs
URL: www.actonbiotech.com

Acton Biotech offers genetic profiling tests to identify drugs your body will respond to, not respond to or will be harmed from. It has 14 odd collection centers, and has already treated 2,000 cancer patients in 3 years and sees the potential to tap the 20 lakh cancer patients in India; Cancer patients initially, because their medicines/ drugs are expensive. The statistics of scalability for Acton don’t end here. Sample this. They are currently testing for 30 genes and 10 drugs while there are almost 30,000 genes in human body and 1,000 drugs that create compatibility issues. Acton brings down the total cost of cancer treatment by providing safer, faster and effective cure. It is raring to be known as a scientific and innovative diagnostics laboratory that is bringing new development in genetics to India by “personalizing medicine” and aiming to become a 100 crore company in next 5 years.