The Federation of Asian Biotech Associations (FABA) in association with the University of Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh government and Pharmaceutical Export Promotion Council of India (Pharmexcil) will organize the BioAsia 2011: The Global Business Forum at Hyderabad from February 21 to 24, 2011.

The eighth edition of BioAsia, an annual event being held since 2004, will be inaugurated by Kapil Sibal, minister of Human Resources and Science and Technology and  Kiran Kumar Reddy, chief minister of Government of Andhra Pradesh will preside over. The theme of the event is “Boosting Bioeconomy”.

The event, comprising conferences, trade shows and business to business platforms, is expected to create opportunities for academic and industrial collaborations and showcase latest trends and technology to a large gathering of biotech fraternity from across Asia and the world.

It will have three track conferences such as MediAsia, HealthAsia and AgriAsia. The MedAsia track will focus on oncology, diagnostics and medical devices, AgriAsia on latest developments in the world in Agribiotech and HealthAsia on pharmaceuticals with emphasis on biopharma and vaccines.

The event will also see the release of whitepapers by Grant Thorntom, knowledge partner of the event, on indigenous medical devices, merger and acquisitions in the pharma and biotech industry and learning’s from the evolution of agri sector globally.