Central Drug Research Institute
research laboratory in Lucknow, India
Central Drug Research Institute is a multidisciplinary research laboratory in Lucknow, India, employing scientific personnel from various areas of biomedical sciences.
History
The Central Drug Research Institute is one of the first laboratories to be established in India right after its independence. It is among the thirty nine laboratories that are functioning under the aegis of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research of India. The research institute was formally inaugurated on 17 February 1951 by the prime minister, Jawahar Lal Nehru.
Divisions
For administrative and scientific purposes the institute's manpower has been grouped into 17 research and development divisions and several divisions providing technical and scientific support. The following divisions of are involved in research and development:
Division of Biochemistry
Division of Botany
Clinical and Experimental Medicine
Division of Cancer Biology
Division of Endocrinology
Fermentation Technology
Medicinal and Process Chemistry
Division of Microbiology
Division of Neuroscience and Aging Biology
Division of Parasitology
Division of Pharmaceutics
Division of Pharmacokinetics and Metabolism
Division of Pharmacology
Division of Toxicology
Division of Laboratory Animals
In addition, two data centers and one field station located outside the research institute provide operational support.
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