The Government on Sunday said it has set up two more vaccine testing facilities in Pune and Hyderabad. The new labs for batch testing and quality control of vaccines are being readied at the National Centre for Cell Science (NCCS), Pune, and National Institute of Animal Biotechnology, (NIAB) Hyderabad as Central Drug Laboratory (CDL).
The facilities are expected to test approx 60 batches of vaccines per month. This will not only expedite the Vaccine manufacture and supply but also be logistically convenient considering that both Pune and Hyderabad are the two Vaccine manufacturing hubs
Currently, Central Drugs Laboratory (CDL) at Kasauli, which is the National Control Laboratory for testing and pre-release certification of Immunobiologicals (vaccines and antisera) is being utilized for the purpose, according to a government official from the Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science &Technology.
The facility at NCCS, Pune, has now been notified as Central Drugs Laboratory for testing and release of Covid-19 vaccines through a gazette notification issued by the Health Ministry while the facility at NIAB ,Hyderabad is likely to receive necessary notification soonCell no: 9968717937
