CENTRAL DRUG RESEARCH INSTITUTE
(CDRI)
MANDATE
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Development of new
drugs, immunodiagnostics and vaccines
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Development of contraceptive
agents and devices
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Basic biomedical
studies to understand disease processes
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Systematic evaluation
of medicinal properties of natural products
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Development of technology
for drugs and interneduates, biologicals and fermentation products
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Dissemination of
information in the field of drug research, development and production
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Consultancy and
development of technical manpower
MAIN
FACILITIES
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Sophasticated instrumentation
facilities for characterization and structure elucidation of chemicals
and electron microscopic studies
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Computer aided drug
design
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Biological screening
in about 170 test systems and regulatory toxicity test
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National Laboratory
Animal Centre
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Facilities for fermentation
studies
SIGNIFICANT
ACHIEVEMENTS
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Development of 8
new drugs/products: Centchroman, non-steroidal oral contraceptive for females;
Isaptent, Cervical dilator for medical termination of pregnancy; Gugulipid,
hypolipidemic; Centbucridine, neuroleptic; Centmizone, antithyroid; and
immunodiagnostic kits for early diagnosis of filariasis and leishmanasis.
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Development of standardized
fraction of active plants as drugs (Gugulipid and Picroliv).
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Production technology
for radioimmunoassy reagents for steroidal sex harmones (estrogen, progesterone
and testosterone).
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Technology for Biocide
(Bacillus sphaericus spore toxin formulation), mosquito larvicide for vector
control.
DIRECTOR
Dr. V. P. Kamboj, M.Sc., Ph.D., D.Sc.
CONTACT ADDRESS
Chattar Manzil
Palace, Lucknow 226 001
Cable : CENDRUG,
LUCKNOW
Tel. +91 (0)522
234219/243286
Fax. +91 (0)522
243405
Tlx. 0535-286/344
CDRI IN
E-mail : cdrilk@sirnetd.ernet.in
Copyright
(c) CDRI, Lucknow, 1997.
Created
and Hosted by NIO, Goa.
