India’s largest pharmaceutical company Sun Pharma has signed deal with International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB) for clinical development Cissampelos pariera (Cipa).
•    It is India’s first vaccine (drug) for the treatment of dengue. 
•    The partnership between Sun Pharma and ICGEB aims to develop` safe, effective and affordable botanical drug Cipa. 
•    Under the deal, Sun Pharma will get access to all the intellectual properties (IP) rights of the drug across 17 countries. 
•    ICGEB will establish assay systems for the development of Cipa for the treatment of dengue infection. 
•    India is dengue-endemic resource-poor country representing 50% of the global population estimated to be at risk of dengue virus. 
•    This will be for the first time a vaccine developed entirely in India for a vector-borne disease that has been advanced for clinical development in the country. 


 

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