Singapore: GE Healthcare Life Sciences plans to open a technology and training laboratory in Turkey by mid-2015 targetting at it customers, industry and academic partners in drug discovery, protein science, and bioprocessing research.

Currently, GE has similar model of training centres in US, UK, China, India and Sweden.

According to the company statement, the training centre will offer advanced technical training and technology evaluation to the Turkish biopharmaceutical sector, and will be open to universities as a location for elements of biotechnology degree courses. Academics, pharmaceutical and biotechnology researchers will also have access to the laboratory for small scale research studies using GE equipment, as will GE customers from the Middle East and Russia.