15th Edition of BioAsia 2018 to kick start from February 22nd in Hyderabad

BioAsia, the annual flagship event of the Government of Telangana, will start from February 22, 2018 at HICC in the city of Hyderabad - the life sciences hub of India. This year the event completes 15 successful years of bringing together all the stakeholder of Pharma and Life Sciences sector from national and international arena. During this journey, BioAsia has emerged as the most preeminent technology and bio-business convention in Asia for Life sciences, pharmaceuticals and healthcare. This event, scheduled for February 22 - 24, is expected to witness participation of 1,500 delegates from over 55 countries with 100 High profile speakers and 500 Corporates.

The Life Sciences sector in India is facing unprecedented change, driven by a convergence of demographic growth, urbanization, digitization, and a continued push on financial inclusion. At the same time, the evolving regulatory regime in price control, generic drugs, and the implementation of GST has brought healthcare stakeholders back to the drawing board. Some of the Mega Trends (enclosed) in the sector suggests a need for companies to relook at their existing strategies and reorient their business models. With the theme of RIGHT TIME, RIGHT NOW BioAsia 2018 will deliberate on the strategies to take on this rapid pace of change, innovative ways to develop new models for distribution & healthcare delivery and the opportunities exist right now for the Life Sciences value chain.

Ireland, Netherlands and South Africa are the International Partners for the 15thEdition of the event whereas the States of Gujarat, Assam and Rajasthan are the Indian State partners for the event. A high-profile delegation from these regions will be attending a series meeting to explore the business opportunities, collaborations in the field of research & innovation and sharing know-how to meet the requirement of affordable drugs and treatment for emerging diseases.

Industries Minister K. Tarakarama Rao said, “Hyderabad has always been known as the top Pharma and Life Sciences destination worldwide. Genome Valley, has become the largest innovation and life sciences cluster in Asia and has the privilege of being India's first and only systematically developed R&D and clean manufacturing ecosystem, is a shining example of Telangana’s dominant position in Life Sciences sector. With new industrial clusters like Pharma City and Medical Devices park, Hyderabad is ready to assume leadership role of the life sciences industry in Asia and the world. BioAsia has been an integral part of the Hyderabad’s growth story and we are committed to magnifying the scale of the event to greater heights. As has been the case in the past, BioAsia 2018 will witness some of the marquee global leaders of the industry visiting Hyderabad and will certainly augment the growth of not only the country’s Life sciences and Healthcare industry but will also strengthen the leadership of Telangana in this field.”

“BioAsia over the years has emerged as one of the preeminent meetings in Asia for the Life Sciences and Healthcare sectors. BioAsia 2018 will attract about 1500 participants globally and the response to the event has been overwhelming. The event is strongly supported by various government organizations including the Department of Pharmaceuticals, Department of Biotechnology, BIRAC among others and Deloitte will be the knowledge partners for the event. We are looking forward to BioAsia 2018 to leverage our industry friendly policies and the advanced infrastructure to attract more global companies”, added IT Secretary Jayesh Ranjan.

The exhibition at the event venue with about 100 exhibitors and startups will showcase some of the most innovative products, services and solutions in Life Sciences, Medtech and healthcare.

BioAsia 2017 witnessed participation of around 1,500 registered delegates from 51 countries. It also conducted around 1,200 trade, partnership & deliberation meetings at the event and witnessed investments of close to INR 3,400 Crores during the event.