BCG Laboratory, Madras
| Location: | Madras (aka Chennai), Tamil Nadu, India |
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| Subordinate To: | Government of India |
| Size: | N/A |
| Facility Status: | Active |
The laboratory has been successful is its development of the Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine. The vaccine is designed to protect against tuberculosis.
Sources:
Ananth Iyer, "Serum Institute to Launch BCG Vaccine Shortly," Express Healthcare Management, 2000, www.expresshealthcaremgmt.com;
Sachin Chaturvedi, and Beena Pandey, "Vaccine Policy in India," Biotechnology and Development Monitor, 25 December 1995, www.biotech-monitor.nl.
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