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Kuala Lumpur(Thursday) -The Sabah Economic Development and Investment Authority (SEDIA) participated in the BioMalaysia 2011 Conference and Exhibition, held on 21st to 23rd November in the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre. BioMalaysia is an annual event on Malaysia’s biotechnology calendar since it was first held in 2004, and brings together scientists, researchers, entrepreneurs, financiers, government officials and dealmakers from the life sciences and biotechnology sectors.
SEDIA Acting Vice President Mary Sintoh was invited to make a presentation during the first day of the conference, of which she presented on agro-biotechnology opportunities within Sabah. Her presentation also gave highlight to one of the flagship projects of the Sabah Development Corridor (SDC), the Sabah Agro-Industrial Precinct (SAIP). |
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The participation by SEDIA at the exhibition presented an excellent platform to promote investment of biotechnology opportunities within the Sabah Development Corridor, as it is a premier annual gathering for the successful entrepreneurs, innovators, policy makers and top professionals in the biotechnology industries from throughout the world. The SEDIA booth was also one of the few booths visited by the Prime Minister of Malaysia, Dato' Sri Haji Mohd Najib Tun Razak, upon which he was briefly updated on several SDC flagship projects.
With concurrent tracks on healthcare and agriculture biotechnology, this year’s conference focused on feedstock technologies, human capital towards commercialisation, market access, financing and business models in the areas of agriculture and healthcare. BioMalaysia 2011 also saw the Biotechnology Industry Organisation (BIO) hold its annual Pacific Rim Summit in conjunction with the main event. Notably, this was the first time the summit on industrial biotechnology and bio energy held outside of the United States.
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