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BCG Laboratory, Madras

Address: Unknown
Location: Madras
Website: Unknown
Phone: Unknown
Email: Unknown
Subordinate to: Government of India
Size: Unknown
Primary Function: Develops vaccines

History:
Unknown

Activities:
The laboratory has been successful is its development of the Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine. The vaccine is designed to protect against tuberculosis.

Key Sources: Ananth Iyer, "Serum Institute to Launch BCG Vaccine Shortly," Express Healthcare Management, 2000, <http://www.expresshealthcaremgmt.com/20020731/hospi5.shtml>; Sachin Chaturvedi, and Beena Pandey, "Vaccine Policy in India," Biotechnology and Development Monitor, 25 December 1995, <http://www.biotech-monitor.nl/2503.htm>.


	Updated September 2003

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