The Centre proposes to set up an integrated vaccine production park in the country. It will be located at Chengalpattu in Kanchipuram district of Tamil Nadu. To be known as Integrated Vaccine Complex, it will produce and supply vaccines for the Universal Immunization Programme in the country. The proposed complex will manufacture drugs for measles, Hepatitis B, anti-Rabies and Japanese Encephalitis besides BCG vaccine. Giving this information in the Lok Sabha today, Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said funds for the project will be allotted after approval from the Competent Authority. The project is expected to be operational three years after the allocation of funds.
News On AIR | April 27, 2012 12:59 PM
Integrated Vaccine Complex to come up in TN