Genome Valley Award goes to Novartis chief

Hyderabad: BioAsia, Asia's largest annual global biotechnology and life sciences forum organized by the Telangana government, has announced Genome Valley Excellence Award to Dr Vas (Vasant) Narasimhan, CEO of Novartis, Dr Carl H June, CAR-T Cell Therapy Pioneer, Richard W. Vague Professor in Immunotherapy, Dept of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, US. The awards will be presented to them during the 17th edition of BioAsia, scheduled to be held during February 17-19, 2020, here at HICC. Shakthi Nagappan, CEO, BioAsia & Director (life sciences and pharma), Telangana government, adds that presenting the Genome Valley Excellence Award is one of the highlights of the BioAsia summit organized every year.