Indian Council of Medical Research

India Innovation Summit: TB cases hit record 26.07 lakh in 2024, incidence down 17.7% since 2015

Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Anupriya Patel, inaugurated the India Innovation Summit – "Pioneering Solutions to End TB" at the Bharat Mandapam Convention Centre in Delhi. The event comes as India’s National TB Elimination Program (NTEP) reaches a major milestone, with 26.07 lakh TB cases notified in 2024, the highest ever recorded. Since 2015, the incidence rate of TB has dropped by 17.7%, from 237 cases per lakh population to 195 in 2023, while TB-related deaths h...

September 16, 2024 4:23 PM

ICMR and Panacea Biotec announces initiation of Phase 3 clinical trial for a dengue vaccine in India

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and Panacea Biotec have initiated the first-ever Phase 3 clinical trial for a dengue vaccine in the country. The trial, which commenced on Wednesday at PGIMS Rohtak, will evaluate the efficacy of DengiAll, India's indigenous tetravalent dengue vaccine developed by Panacea Biotec. Union Health Minister J P Nadda hailed the development as a "critical advancement" in India's fight against dengue. "This collaboration between ICMR and Panacea Biotec not ...