Icmr in a sentence

Citing ICMR’s second sero-survey, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan Sunday said India was still far from achieving herd immunity against novel and the ICMR was “actively researching” on reports of reinfection.

To this end, they have taken the significant step of ordering the sole available antiviral treatment for Nipah virus infection, a monoclonal antibody supplied by ICMR, even though its clinical efficacy has not yet been definitively established.

According to the agreement, ICMR will fund the Phase I clinical trials, covering expenses related to the trial’s conduct, investigations, and monitoring.

Cancer has become a major health challenge in India, with one in nine people at risk of developing the disease, according to a report by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).

In 2012-2013, ICMR selected Uvaraj, CEO, Poorvika Mobiles, and Kanni Uvaraj, MD, as the ‘Inspirational Leaders of New India’.

The ICMR has established specific criteria for assigning the vegetarian, non-vegetarian, fortified food, and organic food logos to food products.

Advocate General Ashutosh Kumbhakoni for the state placed before the court the circular issued by the state in view of the advisory of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) issued on June 14 on the use of rapid antigen detection test for Covid-19.

A senior health department official said, “We are testing according to ICMR guidelines.

Delhi health minister Satyendar Jain ought to have borne this in mind before he implicitly challenged the Indian Council of Medical Research’s (ICMR’s) position that convalescent plasma therapy (CPT) is not effective as a Covid-19 treatment line.

Dr Balram Bhargava, Director General of ICMR had stressed that to contain coronavirus infection, RT-PCR tests must be continued vigorously as the principal diagnostic test.

Further the ICMR reported that 2,41,430 new samples were taken during last 24 hours.

He alleged that the Tamil Nadu government procured test kits from another company that was not on the list approved by ICMR.

He also reiterated ICMR guidelines asking the district administrations to mandatorily conduct RT-PCR tests on all symptomatic persons who test negative in the antigen detection tests.

ICMR had earlier validated the indigenous TrueNat assay for Tuberculosis (TB).

ICMR-NIV’s test kit was validated at two sites in Mumbai and has been found to have high sensitivity and specificity, said Cadila.

ICMR’s director-general Dr Balram Bhargava said India has not reached the stage of community transmission yet, but countries like Italy, China, the US, and UK have entered it.

India is looking at multiple sources for the vaccine, including the recent breakthrough by Bharat Biotech in collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), called Covaxin.

In the absence of guidelines, selling kits online may be a violation of ICMR testing strategy,” he said.

Labs also are taking additional care to ensure adherence to bio-safety guidelines as well as reporting protocols to ICMR, state, and city authorities.

Last week, the ICMR released guidelines for serological tests, which deliver results in 15 minutes, work on blood samples and tell whether a patient has ever been exposed to the virus.