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Cohance Lifesciences advances its ADC strategy by investing USD 18 million in NJ Bio and Aruka Bio, strengthening its commercial alignment and giving dedicated leadership focus to Aruka's novel drug development pipeline.
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September 3, 2026
To To
BSE Limited National Stock Exchange of India Limited
25th Floor, P. J. Towers, Exchange Plaza, Bandra Kurla Complex
Dalal Street, Mumbai - 400 001 Bandra (E), Mumbai – 400 051
Scrip Code: 543064 Scrip Symbol: COHANCE
Dear Sir/Madam,
Sub: Press Release
Please find annexed press release – “Cohance Lifesciences advances its ADC strategy”
We request you to take the above on record.
Thanking you.
Yours faithfully,
For Cohance Lifesciences Limited
(formerly, Suven Pharmaceuticals Limited)
Sisir K Mishra
Company Secretary & Compliance Officer
Encl: As above.
Cohance Lifesciences advances its ADC strategy
Investment of USD 18 million in NJ Bio and Aruka Bio
September 03, 2026: Cohance Lifesciences Limited today announced two proposed
transactions to strengthen its Antibody-drug Conjugate (ADC) strategy: an additional
investment of USD 13 million in NJ Bio and a controlling investment of USD 5 million in Aruka
Bio. Both the transactions will be funded through internal accruals.
The re-organisation establishes distinct priorities: deeper integration of NJ Bio’s customer-
facing services with Cohance, and focused development of Aruka’s proprietary pipeline
through potential partnerships.
NJ Bio: planned succession, continued founder engagement
Cohance will increase its common-equity ownership in NJ Bio from 56.0% to 67.3%,
acquiring the entire holdings of Ms. Priyashri Nayak, and the Jain Family Irrevocable Trust.
Dr. Jain will retain 32.7%.
Dr. Jain will continue to lead NJ Bio while also advancing Aruka’s pipeline and partnership
initiatives.
NJ Bio will remain focused on customer-facing contract research, development and
manufacturing services. Closer integration will combine its payload-linker and
bioconjugation expertise with Cohance’s manufacturing capabilities to support customers
end-to-end CRDMO development through commercial supply. This integration is expected
to strengthen business performance across the combined platform over time.
Aruka Bio: control of the platform, development with partners
Aruka Bio, Inc. is a private biotechnology company based in Princeton, New Jersey, focused
on developing next-generation antibody-drug conjugates. Its lead program is currently at the
preclinical stage.
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Cohance’s USD 5 million equity investment will fund the buyout of other existing
shareholders and convertible noteholders along with working capital.
Following completion and Dr. Jain’s upfront equity grant, Aruka will be owned 65% directly
by Cohance, 25% by NJ Bio and 10% by Dr. Jain. These percentages are before further dilution
from Dr. Jain’s performance-linked equity award.
Aruka will become Cohance’s direct subsidiary. The investment consolidates control of
Aruka’s proprietary ADC platform, positioning it to pursue co-development, licensing and
other collaborations with pharmaceutical and biotechnology partners as its pipeline
progresses.
This follows a review of NJ Bio's performance and integration with Cohance since the original
investment in December 2024, which identified an opportunity to strengthen commercial
alignment between the two businesses as NJ Bio expands its GMP CDMO services and to
give dedicated leadership focus to Aruka's novel drug development pipeline.
Completion is expected by the end of September 2026, subject to definitive agreements,
applicable approvals and customary closing conditions.
Dr. Naresh Jain, Founder and CEO, NJ Bio, said: “I will work across both businesses—
supporting NJ Bio’s growth and an orderly leadership handover, while working together
with Cohance in advancing Aruka’s pipeline and exploring development partnerships.
Thereafter, I will focus full-time on Aruka as CEO, while continuing to support NJ Bio as a
strategic advisor.”
Umang Vohra, Executive Chairman and Group CEO, Cohance Lifesciences, said:
“This reorganisation gives each business a clear focus: strengthening NJ Bio’s customer
offering through closer integration with Cohance and creating the opportunity for Dr Jain
to lead Aruka’s next phase. This integration is expected to strengthen business
performance across the combined platform over time”
-ENDS-
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About Cohance Lifesciences
Cohance Lifesciences, formerly Suven Pharmaceuticals, is an innovator-focused global
CRDMO formed through the merger of Cohance Life Sciences into Suven Pharmaceuticals.
Leveraging a combined platform with state-of-the-art facilities in India and the U.S.,
Cohance delivers integrated solutions from early development to commercial supply for
leading global pharma companies.
For more information, please contact: www.cohance.com
Cyndrella Carvalho, Head - Investor Relations, Gavin Desa / Konpal Pali
Cohance Lifesciences Limited CDR India
Tel: 040 2354 3311 Tel: +91 98206 37649/ +91 76619 08341
Email: cyndrella.carvalho@cohance.com Email: gavin@cdr-india.com;
konpal@cdr-india.com
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