SRM Medical College Hospital and Research Centre (SRM MCHRC), Kattankulathur, has been selected by Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) as a clinical trial site of the country's first indigenous Covid-19 vaccine (BBV152 COVID Vaccine).
According to a college release, SRM Medical College Hospital and Research Centre is one among the 12 institutions in India to have been chosen by ICMR for undertaking human clinical trials of India's first indigenous vaccine developed by ICMR-National Institute of Virology, Pune. ICMR has partnered with Bharat Biotech International limited, Hyderabad.
SRM MCHRC is also the only medical institution to be selected from Tamil

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