The country’s biotechnology fraternity has acclaimed the government’s barrage of the National Biotechnology Policy 2.0 (DBN 2.0).
The National Institutes of Biotechnology Malaysia (NIBM) arch controlling assistant Prof Datuk Dr Raha Abdul Rahim answered the focus should be accustomed to the biotechnology industry so which Malaysia does not abatement abaft compared to added ASEAN countries.
“The MyGenom activity which was once also alien by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob is capital for the country to aftermath an advertence genome for the assortment of the Malaysian citizenry and ethnicity to drive the attention aesthetic action for Malaysians,” Bernama cited she answering in an account today.
She answered NIBM is accessible to accept the albatross to apparatus DBN 2.0 and all its primary thrusts.
In the aforementioned statement, Universiti Malaya academician Dr Rofina Yasmin Othman answered DBN 2.0 shows the government’s charge to acknowledging the bread-and-butter area involving the biotechnology industry.
“There is no agnosticism which the absolute biotechnology ecosystem is captivated with the barrage of DBN 2.0. Lots to attending advanced to!” she said.
According to the Malaysian Bioeconomy Development Corporation arch controlling administrator Mohd Khairul Fidzal Abdul Razak, he believes which the action will breathe new activity into the biotechnology and bio-based industry in Malaysia.
He answered he hoped to banal carefully with all stakeholders such as the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI) to advance the BioNexus Bill of Guarantees and strengthen the Bio-Based Accelerator programme to anatomy a further activating and advancing biotechnology ecosystem.
Meanwhile, GK Aqua Sdn Bhd arch controlling administrator Giva Kuppusamy answered the aggregation is demography up the claiming to accomplish the action targets, in band with the three aspects of the biotechnology industry, biotechnology aptitude and the accent of research.
Yesterday, Ismail Sabri launched DBN 2.0 to empower the country’s biotechnology area in band with the aspiration of authoritative Malaysia a high-tech country by 2030.
The action will focus on three capital thrusts: agricultural biotechnology and aliment security; healthcare and wellbeing; and biotechnology in industrialisation and annular economy.
