The three day biotechnology show, Bangalore Bio 2007' concluded with several participating companies inking notable partnership deals. These included Avesthagen's pact with Government of Andhra Pradesh for an additional 50 acres of land in the Hyderabad Biotech park. The company is planning two manufacturing units in Hyderabad, Avestha Biotherapeutics and Research for production of bio similar products and Avestha Good Earth for bio-nutraceuticals.
Biocon signed a memorandum of understanding with Deakin University, Victoria, Australia, for joint multi-disciplinary research focused on biotechnology and biosciences. The MoU will also lead to establishment of Deakin Resort Institute in Bangalore, joint development of a mammalian cell bio-processing facility in Australia and result in Deakin undertaking research in metabolic diseases for Biocon.
There were also several country partnership initiatives which took place between Indian companies and research institutes through a series of meetings with delegations from UK, France, Holland, Germany, US and Australia.
Overall, the Bangalore Bio 2007 facilitated over 500 one-to-one business meetings for potential collaborations, partnerships and alliances.
The seventh edition of the event concluded with over 81 national and 33 international speakers, 625 conference delegates, 30,000 visitors ( 12000 business and 15000 student and general interest group), 152 exhibitors, from over 12 countries(State of Victoria, Australia, UK, France, Germany, Holland, UK, USA, South Korea, Singapore and Spain, and Bavaria) and 11 States(Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Kerala, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh).
Among large companies which had stalls were Avesthagen, Biocon, New York-based Histogenetics, Biozeen and GE Healthcare. According to MN Vidyashankar, secretary, department of IT and BT, government of Karnataka, Bangalore Bio has indeed had a successful run. True to the theme of innovation and growth, the event created a platform to forge ahead on various issues of R&D, Life Sciences Informatics, ethics in clinical trials to name a few and build partnerships. The venue of BIEC provided the ideal environment for B2B interaction, and the exhibition and conference being held at the same venue allowed the participants to be present at the both locations in a seamless manner. Bangalore Bio has been the first to initiate a focus on Agri-biotech day in 2006. This year brought to the forefront critical agri-biotech issues such as food productivity for India, which was addressed for the next ten years.
Among the highlights of the event: was the Poster Session where over 35 papers were presented by young scientists and innovators.
Biotalent zone hosted a career interactive session which is being held for the third consecutive year that proved to be a platform to allow potential employers to meet and recruit candidates.
Many young researchers and scientists from leading Indian and International research laboratories like, CSIR, ICAR, DAE, DBT, DST participated in Bangalore Bio 2007.
For this year's main event sponsor was Avesthagen and Biocon was the platinum sponsor. The CEO Conclave was sponsored by Histogenetics, Canara Bank sponsored the awards nite, State of Victoria, Australia was the country partner and Chhattisgharh was the partner state. UK Trade and Investment was the co-host for the conference and Metahelix hosted the AgriBiotech Day. The Diamond sponsors were Alexandria and Biozeen, the gold sponsors were Sartorius and GE Healthcare and the silver sponsor was Peninsula. TCG Real Estate and Kinfra were the CEO Conclave so-sponsors. Yes Bank was the knowledge partner and Leader Prospects was the bio talent partner. Lab India came in as the conference session sponsor.