A 40-member business delegation from the province of Santa Fe in Argentina is visiting Hyderabad to take part and explore bilateral collaboration between India and Argentina at BioAsia 2014. The business delegation from the province of Santa Fe is the biggest-ever foreign government delegation to take part in this year’s edition of BioAsia. The 40-member delegation comprises ministers, senators, bureaucrats, industry and institutions from Santa Fe. All these authorities from Argentina are expected to be present at BioAsia 2014 which is scheduled to be held from February 17-19, 2014. The main aim of this visiting delegation is to form bilateral collaboration between the two nations and improve business relations in the field of pharmaceuticals and biotechnology. About 20 biotech companies from the province of Santa Fe are expected to participate in BioAsia this year. Many of them are seeking partnership, collaboration and business with Indian companies/institutions on key areas, particularly pharma and bioenergy. The biotech industry in Santa Fe is focused on human health and bio-pharma, agrobiotechnology and industrial processing. Many of these companies which came up in the last 20 years are SMEs and university spin offs. “India and Santa Fe can work together in the development of new pharmaceutical and biopharmaceuticals, biomedical tests, new seeds, new products and processes to improve food industry and agricultural chains value and improvement of biofuel production. As most of our biotech and bio-pharma companies are SMEs, their thrust is on innovation which is why BioAsia as a platform is a perfect fit for us as they too are focused on innovation in this edition,” said Antonio Bonfatti, Governor of the province of Santa Fe. “The official delegation of Santa Fe Government will comprise, Governor of the province of Santa Fe, Minister for Science, Technology and Innovation, Secretary of the Treasury, Director of Industrial Pharmaceutical Laboratory (LIF) and senators among others. The objective of this association is to promote businesses, collaborative research and development projects in strategic subjects. BioAsia will help showcase the full fledged ecosystem of Santa Fe biotech industry to Indian companies looking towards South America to scale up, collaborate or for mergers and acquisitions,” said Shakthi M Nagappan, CEO BioAsia. Apart Santa Fe from Argentina, BioAsia 2014 is also roping in UK as the country partner besides Gangwon from South Korea as another International State Partner. Among others KPMG has joined as knowledge partner and ICRISAT as AgBio partner. The event is expected to attract large number of delegates from about 50 countries across the world. The event is being organized by Federation of Asian Biotech Associations, Government of Andhra Pradesh and Pharmaceuticals Export Promotion Council of India along with Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation.
Posted on: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 12:29:50 +0000
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