<p>The Maharashtra government has offered the facilities of Mumbai-based Haffkine Institute for production of vaccines to fight Covid-19.</p>.<p>During the video conference with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray mooted the proposal.</p>.<p>The two options that Thackeray suggested is manufacturing of vaccines by way of technology transfer from or making on a fill and finish mode.</p>.<p>“The Haffkine Institute has space as well as high-tech equipment…these can be put to use,” Public Health and Family Welfare Minister Rajesh Tope said.</p>.<p>Located in the Parel area of Mumbai, the Haffkine Institute for Training, Research and Testing is one of the oldest biomedical research institutes in the country.</p>.<p>It was established in 1899 and is named after the legendary scientist Dr. Waldemar Mordecai Haffkine who invented the plague vaccine.</p>.<p>Since then, Haffkine Institute has emerged as a multi-disciplinary institute engaged in training, research and testing of various aspects of infectious diseases.</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/bharat-biotechs-covaxin-granted-restricted-emergency-use-authorisation-960845.html" target="_blank">Bharat Biotech's Covaxin granted restricted emergency use authorisation</a></strong></p>.<p>The first ever Phase-I clinical trial in India was perhaps conducted by the founder of the Haffkine Institute in 1899, when he injected himself with the plague vaccine he developed for evaluating its safety and efficacy.</p>.<p>In the first half of the twentieth century, the Institute extended its scope against various other common infectious diseases – like Cholera, Tetanus, Diphtheria, Pertussis and Rabies.</p>.<p>The institute also developed and manufactured Anti-rabies serum and anti-snake-venom serum. Later on, it undertook the production of Oral Polio Vaccine.</p>.<p>Since then the Institute has emerged as a multi-disciplinary, full-fledged bio-medical research Institute engaged in various aspects of infectious diseases - Bacteriology, Bioavailability, Biochemistry, Chemotherapy, Clinical Pathology, Entomology, Human Pharmacology, Immunology, Parasitology, Pharmacology, Radiation Biology, Toxicology, Virology and Zoonosis. Nodal Laboratories for Re-emerging diseases have also been set up at the Institute.</p>.<p>The current research areas in the Haffkine Institute include studies of infections occurring in AIDS patients, surveillance and microbiological analysis of brucellosis, Leptospira, prevalence of drug resistance in bacteria, and continuous development of newer chemotherapeutic agents to combat microbial and zoonotic infections.</p>.<p>The Institute is also involved in the testing of various bio-molecules against HIV. The bio-molecules range from disinfectants and detergents to specialized/ purified extracts, herbal medicines and plant products.</p>.<p>It also is involved in the identification of influenza strains using hemagglutination and hemagglutination inhibition assays</p>
<p>The Maharashtra government has offered the facilities of Mumbai-based Haffkine Institute for production of vaccines to fight Covid-19.</p>.<p>During the video conference with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray mooted the proposal.</p>.<p>The two options that Thackeray suggested is manufacturing of vaccines by way of technology transfer from or making on a fill and finish mode.</p>.<p>“The Haffkine Institute has space as well as high-tech equipment…these can be put to use,” Public Health and Family Welfare Minister Rajesh Tope said.</p>.<p>Located in the Parel area of Mumbai, the Haffkine Institute for Training, Research and Testing is one of the oldest biomedical research institutes in the country.</p>.<p>It was established in 1899 and is named after the legendary scientist Dr. Waldemar Mordecai Haffkine who invented the plague vaccine.</p>.<p>Since then, Haffkine Institute has emerged as a multi-disciplinary institute engaged in training, research and testing of various aspects of infectious diseases.</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/bharat-biotechs-covaxin-granted-restricted-emergency-use-authorisation-960845.html" target="_blank">Bharat Biotech's Covaxin granted restricted emergency use authorisation</a></strong></p>.<p>The first ever Phase-I clinical trial in India was perhaps conducted by the founder of the Haffkine Institute in 1899, when he injected himself with the plague vaccine he developed for evaluating its safety and efficacy.</p>.<p>In the first half of the twentieth century, the Institute extended its scope against various other common infectious diseases – like Cholera, Tetanus, Diphtheria, Pertussis and Rabies.</p>.<p>The institute also developed and manufactured Anti-rabies serum and anti-snake-venom serum. Later on, it undertook the production of Oral Polio Vaccine.</p>.<p>Since then the Institute has emerged as a multi-disciplinary, full-fledged bio-medical research Institute engaged in various aspects of infectious diseases - Bacteriology, Bioavailability, Biochemistry, Chemotherapy, Clinical Pathology, Entomology, Human Pharmacology, Immunology, Parasitology, Pharmacology, Radiation Biology, Toxicology, Virology and Zoonosis. Nodal Laboratories for Re-emerging diseases have also been set up at the Institute.</p>.<p>The current research areas in the Haffkine Institute include studies of infections occurring in AIDS patients, surveillance and microbiological analysis of brucellosis, Leptospira, prevalence of drug resistance in bacteria, and continuous development of newer chemotherapeutic agents to combat microbial and zoonotic infections.</p>.<p>The Institute is also involved in the testing of various bio-molecules against HIV. The bio-molecules range from disinfectants and detergents to specialized/ purified extracts, herbal medicines and plant products.</p>.<p>It also is involved in the identification of influenza strains using hemagglutination and hemagglutination inhibition assays</p>
