B-Hub to help Telangana consolidate position in biopharma space: IT Minister K.T. Rama Rao

Telangana government is developing the facility in partnership with the Centre’s Department of Biotechnology, Cytiva and Cerestra.

A biopharma scale-up manufacturing facility with a built-up area of one lakh sqft and next generation laboratory space Telangana government is developing in Genome Valley, near Hyderabad, will help consolidate the State’s position in the biopharma space, Industries and IT Minister K.T. Rama Rao has said. B-Hub, the facility, is being set up with an objective of providing impetus to the biopharmaceutical research and manufacturing in the country. It will address various challenges faced by biopharma companies and offer substantial benefits to the overall ecosystem. Key benefits would range from reduced time to market, process efficiency and scalability as well as in terms of monitoring compliance and genetic stability, a release from the Minister’s office said. In tweets complementing the release on Sunday, Mr. Rao said B-hub will be first-of-its-kind growth-phase centre and biopharma scale-up manufacturing facility in India. It will be operational in 15 months and help consolidate Telangana’s leadership position in biopharma space. With a built-up area of one lakh sq ft, which is to be developed over two phases, the facility will compliment the extraordinary ecosystem at Genome Valley.