BCG Vaccine Laboratory, Guindy

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BCG Vaccine Laboratory, Chennai, is a sub-ordinate office of Directorate General of Health Services of the Government of India.

[edit] History

Established on May 1, 1948, the BCG Vaccine Laboratory was founded to produce and supply liquid Bacillus Calmette-Guérin Tuberculosis vaccines (BCG vaccine) and Tuberculins in collaboration with Statens Serum Institute (SSI), of Copenhagen, Denmark, through the World Health Organization.The Institution is presently headed by DR.N.ELANGESWARAN, M.B.B.S., M.D.,

[edit] Activities

The laboratory carries out the activities of:

• Manufacturing and supplying freeze dried BCG vaccine, for control of childhood Tuberculosis Meningitis and for cancer chemotherapy
• Producing purified protein derivative RT for diagnosis of Tuberculosis
• Acting as national quality control laboratory for BCG vaccine

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