Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya inaugurates National Summit on Quality of Biologicals

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Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya inaugurated the National Summit on Quality of Biologicals, organised by the National Institute of Biologicals (NIB), in New Delhi on 27 January. 

An overview of the news

• The summit will act as a platform to bring together stakeholders, regulatory authorities and academia for dialogue on various aspects of the quality of biologicals.

• The conclave will lead to capacity building, technology enhancement and new organic growth towards realising the government's dream of 'Healthy India'.

• The Health Minister stressed the need to initiate studies using state-of-the-art analytical platforms to promote development of pharmacopoeial monographs for new biologicals made with updated technologies.

• The summit will help in upgrading the infrastructure and technologies of the country's biopharmaceuticals and in-vitro diagnostic industry.

• Mandaviya has emphasised on making treatment more affordable for the common man through these initiatives.

• A coffee table book was also released by the dignitaries at the event.

National Institute of Biologicals (NIB)

• It is an apex autonomous institute under the administrative control of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India.

• It undertakes quality control evaluation of various biological products such as vaccines, blood products, blood reagents, sera, immuno-diagnostic kits etc.