Telangana’s Industries & IT Minister, D. Sridhar Babu, formally inaugurated 1 Bio  India’s first single-use bioprocess design and scale-up hub  located at Genome Valley.  Developed via a public–private partnership involving Telangana Life Sciences, the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), and the Telangana Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (TGIIC), 1 Bio occupies a two-acre campus. 

The facility includes single-use bioreactors up to 500 L, upstream and downstream systems, and an analytical suite for process validation and scale-up work. Adjacent to this is a 150,000-sq-ft area comprising plug-and-play R&D labs, configurable innovation suites, shared analytical spaces, and bioprocess training labs  creating an integrated ecosystem for biologics development. 

Thermo Fisher Scientific has committed ₹90 crore to build a Bioprocess Design Centre (BDC) and a co-located Customer Experience Centre within 1 Bio. On the government’s side, ₹150 crore has been allocated for core infrastructure development.  The hub is also expected to draw in an additional ~₹500 crore in private investment and create over 500 specialized biotech jobs. 

Minister Sridhar Babu said 1 Bio addresses a key gap in India’s biopharma ecosystem  affordable, predictable pilot-scale infrastructure  allowing innovators and companies to validate and scale processes without bearing the full capital burden.  The launch also coincided with Genome Valley’s 25-year anniversary, marking the next phase of growth for one of India’s premier biotech clusters.