Genome Valley is an Indian

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business district spread across /(3.1 sq mi) in

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, India. It is located across the suburbs, Turakapally, Shamirpet, Medchal, Uppal,

Patancheru Patancheruvu is located in the north western end of Hyderabad. It is an industrial zone located about 32 km from the city centre on the Hyderabad-Solapur highway, and around 18 km from HITEC City. Earlier, it was the headquarters of B ...

, Jeedimetla, Gachibowli and Keesara. The Genome Valley has developed as a cluster for

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, training and manufacturing. Genome Valley is now into its Phase III, which is about 11 kms from the Phase I and II with the total area approximately .

History

The concept of Genome Valley was envisioned by Dr. Krishna Ella, the founder of Bharat Biotech. He proposed the idea of creating a dedicated biotech hub that would bring together research, development, and manufacturing facilities in the life sciences sector. The realization of Genome Valley as a world-class biotech hub was driven by the efforts of N. Chandrababu Naidu, the then Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh (before the bifurcation of the state into Andhra Pradesh and Telangana). Genome Valley was commissioned by the then combined Government Andhra Pradesh in 1999 as ''S. P. Biotech Park'' in a public-private partnership with Bharat Biotech International, and its founder Krishna Ella, alongside private infrastructure companies such as Shapoorji Pallonji Group and

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Alexandria Knowledge Park SEZ

In 2009, U.S.-based infrastructure giant ''Alexandria Real Estate Equities'' has announced its plans to invest in the bio-cluster, which led to the Alexandria Knowledge Park SEZ. The bio-cluster at Shamirpet holds

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by the

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and the

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IKP Knowledge Park

The IKP Knowledge Park is spread over 200 acres in Turakapally, is an initiative of

with five "innovation corridors" - a first of its kind knowledge-nurturing centre for Indian companies and a knowledge gateway for multinational companies". The first phase of Innovation Corridor I, comprising 10 laboratories, around 3,000 ft² (300 m²) each, is operational and fully occupied. The second phase of Innovation Corridor I, comprising 16 laboratory modules of 1,700 ft² (170 m²) each, is ready for operation.

Neovantage Innovation Parks

In 2016, Mission Neutral Park acquired specialized R&D assets in Genome Valley from U.S.-based Alexandria REIT and rechristened it as MN Park. It was later rebranded as Neovantage Innovation Parks in 2023. Neovantage Innovation Parks is a collaborative life sciences ecosystem in Genome Valley,

consisting of Grade A R&D facilities. Neovantage Innovation Parks is spread over 1,000,000 sq ft of space, including built-up facilities of around 850,000 sq.ft. provided to global tenants like

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and Ashland Inc. The campuses consist of pre-leased industrial assets and specialized office spaces to sectors including specialized warehousing, vaccine development, CROs, Bio-Pharma Production, pharmaceutical R&D,

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, etc.

Big Pharma and Consulting

Clinical and Healthcare IT

Manufacturing

R & D

Small Biotechs

References

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