Hyderabad: BioAsia, Asia's largest Biotechnology and Life-sciences forum and the annual flagship event of the Government of Telangana concluded after 3-days of insightful deliberations by global leaders of Life Sciences and healthcare on Wednesday.
The 16th Edition of the event also saw the highest ever participation of 2,400 delegates and visitors from Healthcare, Biotech, Pharma, Life-Sciences, IT, Academia and Startups representing over 50 countries.
Over 100 high profile speakers and more than 700 Corporates participated in this edition. A record number of 1,700 partnering meetings in the history of BioAsia were conducted on the sidelines of this edition leading to key strategic collaborations.
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In the Start-Up Stage event, BioAsia 2019 recognized selected startups from the healthcare industry for their innovative work in the sector. An eminent jury chose 76 startups from close to 300 applications from India and abroad, out of which the top 5 were showcased which received a cash prize of INR 25,000 each.
During the valedictory session of Bioasia 2019, Mr. Jayesh Ranjan, Principal Secretary, IT and Industries and Commerce Departments, Govt of Telangana said, “With the highest number of delegates and partnership meetings, this edition of BioAsia was the largest and most successful edition in the journey of 16 years of the event. We are also witnessing constant interest from corporates and start-ups in BioAsia."
Principal Secretary also said that in its journey of 16 years BioAsia has provided platform to initiate partnerships and around 18,000 business meetings in last 16 years with delegates from over 90 countries participating in BioAsia so far. We are sure that the trend will continue in next edition of BioAsia in 2020 as well.
The last day of the event witnessed an MoU signed between Government of Telangana and Taizhou Medical Hi-Tech Development Zone (Taizhou Zone) supported by the Government of Taizhou, China. Under the MoU valid for 2 years, the Chinese Medical Zone and the State Government have discussed and agreed to share the know-how and offered to support and assist the research in the field of life sciences, biotechnology and medical devices along with identifying new technologies and industry requirements.
They will support and facilitate matchmaking of companies and research institutes from their respective regions in the related fields.
