Current Good manufacturing practice (CGMP) started in Himachal Pradesh

Q.  First of its kind Current Good Manufacturing Practise (CGMP) compliant facility within the Central Government for manufacture of DPT and TT vaccine has been started in
- Published on 26 Apr 16

a. Uttarakhand
b. Himachal Pradesh
c. Jammu and Kashmir
d. Maharashtra

ANSWER: Himachal Pradesh
 
  • Health Ministry inaugurated the first of its kind Current Good Manufacturing Practise (CGMP) compliant facility within the Central Government for manufacture of DPT and TT vaccine at the Central Research Institute (CRI), Kasauli in Himachal Pradesh.
  • To ensure that Indian vaccine manufacturers have global quality standards, the government is exploring the feasibility of establishing WHO-approved Current Good Manufacturing Practice (CGMP) facility for yellow fever drugs.
  • Such a facility will help in supplying yellow fever vaccine to African and Latin American countries as well.
  • CRI has been working as one of the few pioneer institutions in the field of vaccine manufacturing. The institute has plans to manufacture all vaccines viz., Japanese encephalitis vaccine, Rabies vaccine and Typhoid vaccine, which were earlier manufactured in the Institute, after establishing CGMP compliant facilities and application of recent technological advancement.

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