Foundation Stone for Mammalian Facility

Foundation stone of Gennova’s next generation multi-product mammalian bio-manufacturing facility was laid by Professor Govindarajan Padmanaban, former director of the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore. This facility is named after Gennova’s former board member Late Professor Krishna Kumar Tewari, who inspired generation of scientist towards excellence.

Dr. Kavita Singh, Mission Director, National Biopharma Mission (NBM) of Department of Biotechnology. Govt. of India graced the occasion with her team. This facility is supported under National Biopharma Mission (NBM) of the Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India.

Gennova Biopharmaceuticals at Global Bio 2019

Gennova Biopharmaceuticals Ltd. participated in Global BIO India, 2019 held in New Delhi where Gennova’s website was launched by Honourable Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Dr. Harsh Vardhan in presence of Dr. Renu Swarup, Secretary, Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Mr. Ranjit Jabbi, Director – Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) among other dignitaries.

Gennova was honoured by the visit of Padma Vibhushan Prof. Ram Mashelkar, former Director General of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and Director of National Chemical Laboratory (NCL); Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS), London, Foreign associate of US National Academy of Engineering and the US National Academy of Sciences.

During a 3-day event Gennova was awarded the ‘DBT-Biotech Product, Process Development and Commercialization award 2019 (under Organization category)’ for development of Tenectase, a 3rd generation thrombolytic glycoprotein for acute ischemic stroke (AIS) by the Honourable Minister of Railways and Minister of Commerce and Industry – Shri Piyush Goyal.

Gennova has the state of the art Research and Development (R&D) facility – ‘Gennova Vaccine Formulation Centre and Research Laboratory’ which is recognized by Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR) with lab space of over 44,000 sq. ft..

It was inaugurated on 31st January, 2012 by Padma Bhushan (late) Dr. M.K. Bhan, then Secretary, Department of Biotechnology, Government of India.

Gennova was graced by the presence of eminent scientists such as Dr. Ashley Birkett – Director of PATH-MVI, Prof. T. S. Rao – former Senior Adviser in the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Ministry of Science and Technology, Govt. of India, Padma Bhushan Dr. N. K. Ganguly – the then Director General Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Dr. V P Kamboj – ex-director Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI), Prof. V. K. Chaudhary – Head, Department of Biochemistry, University of Delhi and Dr. Steven G Reed –  the then President & CEO of Infectious Disease Research Institute, USA and several other national and international dignitaries.

The inauguration of ‘Gennova Vaccine Formulation Centre and Research Laboratory’  was featured in the Nature, with objective to strengthening Industry and Academia partnership in vaccine and adjuvant development.