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BIRAC Success Stories | 2016 Bharat Serums and Vaccines

Key Highlights

* First indigenous FSH developed and
Breakthrough marketed in India.
* BSV’s technology obviates the use of
• First indigenous recombinant FSH animal derived sera thus making the
developed with recombinant cell lines product safer.
that mitigate the risks associated with * BSV has introduced delivery platforms
urine derived products. and is now working on other devices to
• Reduced costs by replacing high priced keep up with the market requirements
imported products. and improve patient compliance.
• Launched under the brand name
Foligraf® in September 2008, after
DCGI approvals.
• Efforts on to improve delivery systems
for the product to keep up with the
current trends in improving patient
compliance.

BIRAC’s Support

Support under SBIRI helped to scale
up the production of recombinant
FSH derived from CHO Cell-line
and to clinically prove the safety
and efficacy of the indigenously
developed recombinant FSH vis-à-vis
the commercially available product.

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