Transcript Bio-Incubator

Bio-Incubators
Ravi Dhar, Ph.D.
BIRAC
(previously DBT_BIRAP)
ISBA Meeting
Pune
March 18, 2012
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Acknowledgements
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ISBA, Dr. R. Jagdale
Secretary, Prof. M. K. Bhan, DBT
Dr. Renu Swarup, DBT & BIRAP
Mr. Rajneesh Kumar, BIRAP
Colleagues at DBT, BIRAP, IITs
Various Expert Committee Members
Various stakeholders
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Definition as Perceived
“A Bioincubator is a building designed for
housing R&D driven companies active in Life
sciences. It is mostly closely related to a
neighbouring university. A Bioincubator is a
Business incubator targeted towards Life
Sciences helping start-up companies.
Entrepreneurs with feasible projects in Life
Sciences are selected and admitted into the
incubators, where they are offered a specialized
menu of support resources and services,
including mentoring”
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Bio-incubator Scenario in India
• Life science (mixed) incubators: 52
• N: 10
• S: 27
• E: 5
• W: 8
Exact Classification not clear
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Evolution of DBT over years
Basic Research/Discovery
Innovation
Enterprise
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Evolution of DBT over years
Funding Support
Basic Research/Discovery
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Innovation
Enterprise
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Basic Research/Discovery
Funding Support
Phase-I: Basic Infrastructure/Capacity
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Evolution of DBT over years
Innovation
Enterprise
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Evolution of DBT over years
Basic Research/Discovery
Funding Support
Phase-II: Product Development
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Phase-I: Basic Infrastructure/Capacity
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Innovation
Public or Private
Incubator Space
or SMEs
Enterprise
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Phase I to II Syndrome ?
We need to get out of this
syndrome
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Parks & Incubators
DBT initiated several Parks & incubators
sometime back
Definitions:
Science Parks:
An area usually linked with a university where scientific research and
commercial development are carried on in cooperation
Bio-incubators:
Incubators specifically are meant to allow young incubatees / start-up
companies to initiate and dabble into entrepreneurship
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DBT Mandate
• Bio-Incubators
• CRS
• BIG
• Capacity Building + Training
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BIRAP
• Funding of various Research & Technology
schemes by DBT
• National Biotech Policy (1997) mandated 30%
funding for PPP
• BIRAP (=BIRAC) funded schemes:
• SBIRI
• BIPP
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BIRAC Mandate
 Trigger, Transform & Tend- Biotech Start-ups to convert innovative
research in Public and Private sector
 Support & Strengthen SME’s, facilitates high risk research, innovation and
product development
 Financial, Infrastructural, Institutional & Mentoring support for budding
entrepreneurs
 Encourage Knowledge Networking among biotech entrepreneurs at
National & International Level
 Policy and Institutional Support for all Stakeholders in Biotech
 Conceptualize and Support development of affordable, novel, deployable
products and technologies in Healthcare, Agriculture, Environment Bioenergy involved in PPP
 Promote Secondary Agriculture for providing opportunity in
entrepreneurship & employment.
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BIRAC Evolution
It is linked to Evolution of DBT over years
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How we moved …..
Approval
for BIRAC
24.11.2011
Stakeholder Consultations,
Stakeholder Consultations, Future blue-print for
formalization & action
innovation support
programmes, skill
augmentation
Pilot BIRAP
Sept., 2008
National Biotechnology
Development Strategy
Sept., 2007
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Section 25 Company
Not-for-profit/ for public good/
Private Company
Company Registered on 14.3.2012
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Basic Research/Discovery
Phase-II: Product Development
Funding Support
Phase-I: Basic Infrastructure/Capacity
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Evolution of DBT over years
Innovation
Enterprise
Public or Private
Incubator Space
or SMEs
BIG
Grant
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An Ideal BIRAC Incubator
• Building designed for housing incubatees or start-up
entrepreneurs active in Life Science
• Presence of neighbouring academic organizations or
universities or hospitals or R&D Industrial units.
• It therefore is a like a Business Incubator targeted towards
Life Sciences helping start-ups.
• Entrepreneurs with feasible projects in Life Sciences are
selected and admitted into the incubators as tenants,
where they are offered a specialized menu of support
resources and services, including mentoring.
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Wet Lab space &
Equipment
Office Cubicles
for Incubatees
Admin/IT/
Security/
services/Library
Reagents &
Chemical Store
Food Court/
Canteen
Resting space
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Who Occupies the Bio-incubator
• Incubatees (fresh M.Tech/Ph.D./M.B.B.S/ etc)
• Parties going to be SMEs
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Benefits of Incubators
Creating jobs
• Building or accelerating growth of local academic
and industry clusters
• Fostering a community's entrepreneurial climate
• Technology commercialization
• Diversifying local economies
• • Business creation and retention
• Encouraging women or minority entrepreneurship
• Identifying potential spin-in or spin-out business
opportunities
• Community revitalization
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Issues in India
• Seed Funding
• Long term Sustainability
• Business Models in mind:
– Incubatees : generally bereft
– SMEs: have a strategy
• Technology Platform Model: (Start-ups that rent/sell their
technology/product to pharma/biotech companies) (?)
• RIPCO Model: (Start-ups that research and develop a new
product to finally license it to a big pharma/biotech company in
exchange for a royalty on sales)
• FIPCO Model: (Start-ups that launch their own Product)
• NRDO model: (Start-ups that buy a “discarded” promising drug
from big pharma and use their technology to bring it to market)
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LOI on BIRAP Bio-Incubator
Department of Biotechnology
Ministry of Science and Technology
Government of India
Call for Letters of Intent (LOI)
For DBT-BIRAP Support for Establishing and Strengthening Bio-Incubators/Innovation Centers for Research, Innovation and
Technopreneurship.
Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Programme, (BIRAP) is a programme of the Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India,
with an objective to assist and promote emerging biotech entrepreneurs and facilitate innovative research and development in existing
small, medium as well as large industries.
Biotech incubator acts as a catalyst that would stimulate research & develop and for creating of new biotechnology ventures/startups. In
order to give thrust to the biotechnology industry in the country, DBT-BIRAP aims to provide financial support in form of soft loans and
grants for Strengthening the already existing Bio-incubators and also for establishing new generation Biotechnology Incubators with an
objective to create knowledge and develop entrepreneurship in biotechnology. The focus could be on the following areas in the
biotechnology sectors: Biopharma, Bioagri, Industrial Biotechnology, Bioenergy and other areas of life sciences. The Bio-incubators for
SMEs and start-ups/Innovation Centre only for start-ups could be as a standalone facility or as a part of an existing University/ Institute or
Park. They would cater to the requirements of start-up’s and SMEs.
BIRAP invites Letters of Intent (LOI) from interested public and private academic institutions (Universities, Research Institutes) / SEZs / etc
for the development of Biotechnology Incubator Projects/s.
Interested Parties may download the “Project Information Memorandum”, LOI format and other required detailed information from
www.birapdbt.nic.in. Short listing of the LOIs would be done in two weeks based on the listed criteria and the selected participants will be
informed. Subsequently a detailed proposal will have to be submitted.
The last date for submission of LOI documents is 15th July, 2011. LOIs are to be submitted by e-mail with all the documents and
attachments in a single file to [email protected] / [email protected]
For further details contact:
Dr. Ravi Dhar, Consultant
IP cell, BIRAP Email; [email protected]
Mr. Rajneesh Kumar, Programme Manager,
Technology Transfer, BIRAP
Email: [email protected]
Phone Number: 011-47744500
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Method
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Stakeholders meet to get their inputs
Screen/Shortlist : Parameters
TSC meet/Shortlist Presentations
Selection
Site visit & Financial Due Diligence
Apex committee
Approval
Disbursement of funds
– Issue : Paper work etc/permission
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Selection Criteria
• The proposals selected for evaluation based on the following
criteria:
• Technical merit of the proposal
• Target Beneficiaries
• Services/facilities to be provided
• Respondent’s qualification in the field of the assignment.
• Respondent’s technical and managerial capabilities.
• Respondent’s core business and years in business, if any
• Qualifications of the respondent’s key staff that would work
on this assignment specifically.
• Respondent’s experience in supporting businesses, notably
entrepreneurs in at the national and international level.
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Wet Lab space &
Equipment
Office Cubicles
for Incubatees
Admin/IT/
Security/Services
/Library
Reagents &
Chemical Store
Food Court/
Canteen
Resting space
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Issues during Project Implementation
Concept not well understood – think as
funding instrument only?
Weak project writing skills
Incomplete Paper work, Approvals
Incomplete information given in proposal
Resistance of host organization to address
queries raised by BIRAC
Regulatory issues
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Funding - India
The existing system of public incubators:
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Duration: 2-5 years
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Funding per project: varies; based on
milestones; Funding varies
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Government participation: 50%-85%
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Ownership: Joint governance during funding;
subsequently could belong to host
organization!
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Where India stands?
• No of Life science incubators, India
: 52 mixed
• International Scenario: 1100 nos.
• U.S.A.
: 12% functional
• France
: 4% functional
• Germany
: 32% functional
• India
: Relatively new – growing
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BIRAC National Incubators
• C-CAMP, Bangalore (Protein Characterization under
GLP conditions for Industry)
• DBT_BIRAC Incubator at Alexandria, Genome
Valley, Hyderabad (BTIC)
• NABI, Agri Bioincubator, Mohali
• RCB Biotech Science Cluster, Faridabad
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Regulatory Compliance Issues
– Infrastructure
•Building G-2/G-3 issues
related to building
• Regulatory Approvals from
Pollution Board
• Safety norms for incubators
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International Models
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Alexandria
Israel
Germany
Nottingham
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: Private
: Entrepreneur driven
: Entrepreneur driven
: Private + Public
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Bio-incubators in Israel
The existing system of public incubators:
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Duration: up to 2 years
Funding per project: up to $350,000
Government participation: 85%
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Entrepreneur - 50%
Private investors - 20%
Incubator - 20%
Other staff members - 10%
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Bio-incubation is a Time Consuming
Process
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Biotech requires more time
Biotech requires more funding
Importance of shared infrastructure
Specialized management is crucial
Special mentors for incubatees
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Our website:
www.birapdbt.nic.in
Questions?
([email protected])
or
([email protected])
Or
([email protected])
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Thank You
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