Healthcare: New vaccine lab planned
The lab would vaccinate people against snake venom.
NAWABSHAH:
MNA Dr Azra Fazal Pechuho laid on Monday the foundations of a laboratory that would vaccinate people against snake venom. This is the first laboratory of its kind to be built in Pakistan. The lab will not only meet the county’s requirements but will also export the vaccine to other countries. The director of the project, Dr Naeemul Haq Siddiqui, said that the lab will be completed in 27 months and the vaccine will be ready for clinical trial by March 2013.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 6th, 2012.
MNA Dr Azra Fazal Pechuho laid on Monday the foundations of a laboratory that would vaccinate people against snake venom. This is the first laboratory of its kind to be built in Pakistan. The lab will not only meet the county’s requirements but will also export the vaccine to other countries. The director of the project, Dr Naeemul Haq Siddiqui, said that the lab will be completed in 27 months and the vaccine will be ready for clinical trial by March 2013.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 6th, 2012.