After the successful participation at the Bangalore biotechnology fair last year, Germany will once again feature prominently in the 2010 Bangalore INDIA BIO. The “India and Germany-Strategic Partners for Innovation” initiative by German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is sending an official business and research delegation to the fair between 2-4 June.

In 2008, BMBF launched the two year strategic-partners initiative to enable and facilitate mutually beneficial R&D collaborations between Indian and German R&D institutions and companies.

The German delegation to the three day biotechnology event will include companies such as Frankfurt Rhine Main GmbH (FRM), Protagen AG, BIO NRW, Celonic GmbH and Taros Chemicals. The Leibniz University, Hannover and the Justus Liebig University, Giessen are also participating at Bio Bangalore. This year, the German stall will also have representatives from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) as well as Germany Trade & Invest (GTAI).

The 2010 Bangalore INDIA BIO consists of a comprehensive programme with multi-track conferences, an international trade fair, a CEO conclave as well as country presentations, in which Germany is participating to showcase its achievements in biotechnology. The CEO conclave is being sponsored by the German government initiative ‘Land of ideas-Research in Germany’.

The multi-track conferences cover a wide range of themes such as biomedical technology, biopharmaceuticals, and bio-manufacturing.  German industry representatives participating in the conferences include Dr. Carola Schade from Qiagen and Dr. Matthias Joelnick from Merck. They will speak on Bioprocess engineering and bio manufacturing.

The German biotechnology industry has shown a strong growth despite the economic crisis, according to a study commissioned by the BMBF. There are over 200 biotechnology research centres across the country. The sector is expanding consistently; biotech companies generated about 2.2 billion euro and employed over 30,000 people in 2009. The year also saw 17 new start-ups in the sector.

Starting as Bangalore Bio in 2001, Bangalore India Bio has become India’s biggest national biotechnology event attracting participation from biotech and allied industries as well as research institutes, and is generating a huge response from countries worldwide.

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