Mumbai-based pharmaceutical company Lupin has opened a new Center of Excellence for Inhalation Research in Coral Springs, Fla. Lupin’s new facility will focus on the R&D of inhalation products for asthma, allergic rhinitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases and other lung diseases.

Lupin’s Coral Springs facility was made possible through collaboration among Enterprise Florida, the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity, CareerSource Florida, Broward County and the Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance.

Forty-five new jobs are anticipated at the center.