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Vision

To become a word-class innovation centre of choice for entrepreneurs wanting to develop and commercialize biotechnology innovations in South Africa.

Mission

To broker partnerships amongst various stakeholders so as to develop entrepreneurs and cutting-edge technologies to address national imperatives.

Key Strategic Objectives and Values

• Build viable commercial investments, that is, products/services, IP and business entities, arising from early, middle and late-stage projects.
• Develop and utilise relevant national biotechnology platforms and centers of competence optimally.
• Build and grow human capital to meet the future needs of the biotechnology industry.
• Offer and facilitate access to financial, business, legal and technical support services through developing and nurturing strong partnerships.
• Effective leverage and management of the fund base.
• Leverage knowledge through collaborative network within the BIC infrastructure and partners.

Values

BioPAD has embarked on entrenching and living values that will build and sustain a high-performing organisation. These values are critical to BioPAD’s role of facilitating the development of the biotechnology industry and will, once established, allow it to:

• Encompass the spirit of shared leadership;
• Put clients first;
• Respond to requests timeously; and
• Gather and share knowledge proactively.