The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has
approved the proposal of the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare for
establishment of an Integrated Vaccine Complex (IVC) at Chengalpattu,
Kanchipuram district (Tamil Nadu). The complex will be established by
M/s HLL Life Care Limited, a public sector undertaking of the Ministry
at an estimated cost of Rs. 594 crore. The project is likely to be
completed by 2014.
The complex shall be the nodal center for research, manufacture and
supply of vaccines at affordable prices for the Universal Immunization
Programme (UIP) of the Government of India. The vaccines to be
manufactured in the IVC are pentavalent combination (DPT plus Hep B plus
Hib), BCG, measles, Hepatitis B, Human Rabies, Hib and Japanese
Encephalitis vaccine. The annual capacity of IVC is expected to be
around 585 million doses. The vaccines manufactured in the IVC complex
are proposed to meet about 75% of the total requirement of vaccines
covered under the UIP and shall be able to meet the requirements of the
major disease preventable vaccines in the country to a large extent.
The project is of national importance and will provide vaccine security
and consequently the health security of the nation. Vaccines produced
in the complex shall be utilized for immunization of pregnant women,
infants and small children against various diseases throughout the
country.
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