Telangana unveils Next-Gen Life Sciences Policy 2026–30 in Davos; eyes $25 billion investments, 5 lakh jobs

Telangana Government unveiled the new, Next-Gen Life Sciences Policy 2026–30 astatine the ongoing World Economic Forum (WEF) yearly gathering successful Davos, that is expected to service arsenic a guiding model arsenic the State seeks to leapfrog from a scale-driven manufacturing attack to value-led, innovation-powered growth.

Target of the policy

The ambition is to presumption Telangana arsenic a globally integrated Life Sciences hub crossed discovery, improvement and deployment arsenic good arsenic fertile among the apical 5 beingness sciences clusters worldwide by 2030. The argumentation targets $25 billion successful investments, instauration of 5 lakh high-quality jobs and deeper integration into planetary beingness sciences worth chains, Industries and IT Minister D. Sridhar Babu said aft Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy and others launched the policy.

Stress connected cross-border collaboration

“We are gathering 1 of the world’s astir trusted and transformational biosciences ecosystems—driving planetary wellness interaction from Telangana. The policy’s planetary unveiling astatine Davos reflects Telangana’s condemnation that the adjacent signifier of maturation successful beingness sciences volition beryllium driven by cross-border collaboration, planetary capital, and shared innovation agendas,” Mr. Revanth Reddy said.

The State Government is keen connected Telangana playing a acold much consequential relation successful shaping the aboriginal of planetary healthcare, precocious therapeutics and sustainable bio-manufacturing. The Next-Gen Life Sciences Policy represents a deliberate scale-up, designed to accelerate Telangana’s modulation from being indispensable to planetary proviso chains to becoming a planetary originator of precocious therapies and platforms, the Minister’s bureau said.

Frontier subject and precocious manufacturing platforms prioritised

“In the past 2 years alone, we person been capable to pull concern of ₹73,000 crore. With the motorboat of caller policy, we are present aiming higher to pull ₹2 Lakh crore implicit the adjacent 5 years. The argumentation prioritises frontier subject and precocious manufacturing platforms, including compartment and cistron therapies, peptides, precision fermentation, and different next-generation modalities,” Mr. Sridhar Babu said.

The argumentation volition fortify the broader ecosystem crossed objective research, pharma services, diagnostics, aesculapian electronics and integer wellness — positioning Telangana arsenic a preferred destination for planetary beingness sciences hubs, helium said. Special Chief Secretary Sanjay Kumar and Telangana Lifesciences CEO Shakthi M. Nagappan were present.

“The argumentation is not simply a framework. It is designed to accelerate adoption of breakthrough technologies specified arsenic AI, integer wellness and adjacent procreation therapeutics, portion nurturing skilled talent. A defining betterment is the designation of R&D units arsenic full-fledged concern enterprises, allowing them adjacent entree to incentives and reinforcing the State’s committedness to innovation and high-value technological activity,” Mr. Sanjay Kumar said.

$100 cardinal Life Sciences Innovation Fund

Mr. Nagappan said the caller argumentation volition fortify Telangana’s integration into the planetary beingness sciences worth chain. A dedicated Life Sciences Innovation Fund, scalable up to ₹1,000 crore ($100 million) volition catalyse early- and growth-stage innovation, enactment deep-tech ventures – peculiarly biotherapeutics. Another cardinal inaugural projected is the constitution of the Telangana School of Life Sciences, a assemblage of planetary excellence focused connected research, education, and future-ready endowment development.

The argumentation implementation volition beryllium anchored by globally benchmarked infrastructure, including the Green Pharma City, 10 Pharma Villages, enlargement of Genome Valley and further strengthening of the Medical Devices Park.