Hyderabad, 05 February, 2022 (GNI): Federation of Asian Biotech Associations [FABA] has announced the recipients of this year’s prestigious FABA Awards, which was named after Dr. B. S Bajaj last year, for their contributions to the advancement in Biotechnology. The Executive Council of FABA, which met on 11.1.2022 announced the FABA Awards for the year 2022.
Dr. B. S. Bajaj Memorial FABA Special Award-2022 will be conferred upon Ms. Mahima Datla, Managing Director, Biological E. Ltd for introducing Corbevax vaccine in augmenting the global collective fight against COVID-19 and Mr. B. P. Acharya, IAS, Patron, FABA has been selected for the FABA Lifetime Achievement Award for his notable contributions to AIBA (All India Biotech Associations) and FABA. The awards will be conferred during the 19th edition of BioAsia, the largest annual global Biotechnology and Life Sciences summit of Asia, organised by the Government of Telangana and FABA.
Biological E. Limited (BE), one of the world’s largest vaccine manufacturers, was recognized for the development of CORBEVAX-TM, India’s first indigenously developed protein sub-unit vaccine against COVID-19. CORBEVAX-TM is a recombinant vaccine, developed from the receptor binding domain (RBD) of the spike protein on the virus’s surface combined with Dynavax’s CpG 1018 adjuvant with alum, which helps the body build the immune response against the virus.
Speaking at the announcement of Dr. B. S. Bajaj Memorial Award, Prof. Reddanna, Executive President, FABA, said, “The Dr. B. S Bajaj Memorial Award is a distinction bestowed on the individual or organization most committed to the advancement of Life Sciences. The contributions made by Biological E under the abled leadership of Ms. Mahima Datla are conscientiously recognized and commended by the biotechnology fraternity. Their vaccine, Corbevax being scalable and affordable to the low-middle income countries, makes Biological E the most promising candidate for this award”.
The conferee of the FABA Lifetime Achievement Award, Mr. B. P. Acharya has been serving as Advisor to ICMR for the National Animal Resource Facility for Biomedical Research (NARFBR) after his retirement from MHRD in 2020. Mr. Acharya coordinated the significant initiatives of Government of Andhra Pradesh to develop Genome Valley and Biotech Sector in the region which made the ‘Bio State of the Year 2003’ Award being presented to erstwhile undivided Andhra Pradesh in recognition of these initiatives.
About FABA & FABA Academy: Federation of Asian Biotech Associations (FABA) has been providing a platform for the academy, industry and Govt. agencies to come together and interact, through various activities such as distinguished lectures, seminars, workshops and conferences. BioAsia has been the flagship event of FABA for the past 16 years. FABA Academy was launched last year in 2020 with a mission to address the issue of lack of trained manpower in Pharma and Biotech industries. Our degree courses curriculum leave very little room for us to expand our knowledge in industry relevant topics and skills. FABA Academy hence focuses on reskilling and upskilling the interested candidates so that they become “future-ready”. We do so by conducting various workshops which are focused on teaching you about industry/ job relevant topics like Workshop on Biologics and Biosimilars, Workshop on Drug discovery and development, Chromatography workshop, workshop on Data Science, workshop on biosecurity and biosafety, among many others. We have been able to touch the lives of 5000+ people which includes Bachelors, Masters, PhDs, Postdocs, Faculties and also industry professionals. We have conducted 31 webinars which were focused on discussing career opportunities, professional development, and learning about the emerging technologies and trends in the life sciences domain.ends
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