17th edition of BioAsia 2020 held in Hyderabad

The 17th edition of the annual flagship event of Government of Telangana, BioAsia, witnessed the participation of around 2,100 delegates and visitors representing 37 countries

The 17th edition of BioAsia 2020 was recently held in Hyderabad. The three-day global forum at HICC, Hyderabad was inaugurated by KT Rama Rao, Minister for Industries and commerce & IT, Government of Telangana. With the theme of ‘Today for Tomorrow’, the annual flagship event of Government of Telangana, BioAsia, focussed on how innovations and technological disruptions are reshaping the global life sciences sector.

Rao also inaugurated the international exhibition wherein 160 organisations exhibited their innovations and developments from the fields of medtech, pharma, biotech and healthcare.

During the inaugural ceremony, the organising committee of BioAsia 2020 bestowed the Genome Valley Excellence Award 2020 to Dr Carl H June, the pioneer of CAR-T Cell therapy for cancer treatment and the Professor of Richard W Vague in Immunotherapy, Dept of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, USA. The award was presented to Dr June for his exemplary contributions to the global life sciences industry.

BioAsia 2020 witnessed over 2,000 delegates from industry, government, scientist community, academia and start-ups representing 37 countries. About 800 corporates in which about 350 CXO level officers and about 100 global speakers also participated. The event also hosted eminent global leaders from the life sciences industry including Vas Narasimhan, CEO, Novartis, Dr Carl H June, CAR-T Pioneer, Dr Peter Piot, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Co-Discoverer of Ebola, Ajay Piramal, Chairman, Piramal Group, Dilip Shanghvi, Chairman, Sun Pharma, Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, CMD, Biocon, Satish Reddy, Chairman, Dr Reddy’s Laboratories, among others.

During the event, an MoU was signed between Dr Peter Piot, Director of London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Jayesh Ranjan, IAS, Principal Secretary, Industries and Commerce & IT, Government of Telangana.