Jammu Tawi: BioAsia, Asia's largest life-sciences and Health Tech forum and the annual flagship event of the Government of Telangana, has announced its International Region Partner for the 21st edition of the marquee healthcare and life sciences event, organized by the Government of Telangana. A vibrant and dynamic region of Belgium, Flanders' Lifescienes& Health sector is one of the focus sectors for
the region. The region stands 1 st within European Union for clinical trial procedure speed and biotech market capitalisation, 2 nd pharma and biotech patent applications per capita and for pharma and biotech patent applications per capita.
Flanders had participated last year in BioAsia 2023 to explore multiple opportunities in the Lifesciences sector aimed at Vaccines and mRNA technological platforms, Immunotherapy, Life Sciences university partnership and Cluster-to-Cluster collaborations (VIB and Genome Valley
in particular). At BioAsia 2024, Flanders Investment & Trade (FIT) will bring a key delegation of senior officials from Flanders and participate in multiple B2B, G2B, and other meetings. Under the partnership, so far multiple actions have been taken to promote trade tie-ups between both regions. A task force with members including industry, academia, and Government from both sides was formed to discuss and implement the
partnership. Subsequently, a high-level delegation from Telangana was invited in May 2023 to witness and interact with vibrant and dynamic life sciences community of Flanders that is dedicated to advancing research, innovation, and entrepreneurship. As part of this, the delegation from Telangana visited Belgium to attend Road trip Flanders' Biotech and Life Sciences ecosystem, State of the Union & Knowledge for
Growth 2023.
