Question: Recently, J P Nadda, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare 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) at-
(a) Lucknow
(b) Kasauli
(c) Izzatnagar
(d) Jaipur
Ans (b)
Related facts:
- On 24 April 2016, J P Nadda, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare 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.
- This made CRI the first Central Government Institute to have CGMP compliant infrastructure for vaccine production.
- Central Research Institute, Kasauli is one of the most important suppliers of vaccines for the Government’s Universal immunization programme (UIP) especially for DPT and TT vaccines.
- The Institute is involved in manufacture and supply of various lifesaving therapeutic antisera for snake bites, Rabies and Diphtheria, and supplies Yellow Fever Vaccine to different parts of the country.
- The Health Minister also launched the website of CRI at the occasion.
Reference:
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=141107
http://www.amarujala.com/shimla/india-s-first-gmp-lab-opened-at-kasauli-himachal