Bio Connect 4.0 pitches Keralam as emerging global life sciences investment hub

Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 9 (UNI) Experts and industry stakeholders have called for an integrated life sciences ecosystem in Keralam, leveraging its strengths in healthcare, scientific research, biopharma, traditional medicine and manufacturing to transform the state into a major investment destination. Addressing the two-day International Life Sciences Industries Expo and Conclave, Bio Connect 4.0 here, they emphasised the need to establish stronger pathways from scientific discoveries to commercialisation by harnessing the state's healthcare infrastructure, skilled workforce, research institutions, connectivity and expanding industrial ecosystem. Prof. T. Ramasami, former Secretary of the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, said Keralam had the…