Curadev Pharma joins NBEC to boost Indian Biotech Startups: Sponsors Cash Prize and potential investment opportunity to selected winners

NOIDA, India, Jan. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- As part of our 'Recognizing Excellence' initiative, Curadev took part in the National Bio Entrepreneurship Competition (NBEC) that was launched on 16^th August 2021. Senior members of Curadev were members of the jury that assessed 320 short-listed applications and ideas that came from students with business concepts and established startups. Curadev sponsored a cash prize of Rs 3 lakhs to an entrepreneur in the student category for the design of a combined ventilator and aerosol delivery system for patients with respiratory distress. Curadev also offered one existing startup an opportunity to present an investment proposal for $50,000 to the Curadev Board.

NBEC is organized every year by Centre for Cellular and Molecular Platforms, a Department of Biotechnology, Government of India supported organization. The competition aims to attract, identify and nurture game-changing deep science ideas with business potential. NBEC 2021 declared 17 Startups and 5 student teams as winners who closely contested over a period of four months that attracted 2500 applications from across India.

The winners this year addressed challenges in medical devices, antimicrobial resistance, drug discovery, diagnostics, agri-biotechnology, water & sanitation, industrial biotechnology, maternal & child health, and clean technology.

About Curadev Pharma

We are a small molecule drug discovery biotech with an exciting portfolio of research programs that have yielded patent protected drug candidates. Founded in 2010, Curadev has created a premier translational research organization known for prescient target selection and high quality, data-driven program execution. Our programs seek to ameliorate disease by translating cutting edge discoveries into new medicines. We have swiftly established our credentials by successfully creating and out-licensing our small molecule patents to major pharmaceutical companies.

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