List of licensed vaccine manufacturing units in India and Conclusions

Box 1. List of licensed vaccine manufacturing units in India

There are number of licensed vaccines manufactures in India. These manufactures has installed capacity and are licensed for production or marketing of at least one or more vaccine in India. BCG Vaccine Laboratories, Guindy Institute of India Ltd, Pune Pasteur Institute of India, Coonoor Central Research Laboratory, Kasauli Haffkine Biological Product C Ltd., Mumbai Human Biologicals and Immunologicals, Hyderabad King Institute of Preventive Medicine, Chennai Pasteur Institute, Shillong Bio Vaccines, Hyderabad Dano Vaccines, Hyderabad Bharat Immunologocal and Biologicals Company Ltd, Bulandshahar Panacea Biotech Ltd, Delhi Bio-med (P), Ghaziabad Bharat Biotech International (L), Hyderabad Sanofi Pasteur India Pvt Ltd., Delhi Zydus Cadilla, Ahmedabad Chiron Behring Vaccine Lab. Ankleswar, Gujarat Sanofi (Aventis) Pasteur, New Delhi

Conclusions

 The evolution of vaccination efforts in India is far more complex than presented in this review and every single event merits a detailed analysis. Though preventive efforts from diseases were practiced in India, the reluctance, opposition and slow acceptance of vaccination have been the characteristic of vaccination history. The operational challenges keep the coverage inequitable in the country. The lessons from the past events have been analysed and interpreted to guide immunization efforts. There are many lessons learnt from the history from extending the benefits of immunization to every possible beneficiary in the country to achieve the stated policy goals.