New Delhi March 13 (IANS) The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) was on Tuesday awarded the International Kochon Prize 2017 for encouraging research and development (R&D) efforts towards tuberculosis treatment.
ICMR received the $65 000 award from the Kochon Foundation a non-profit organisation from Korea for establishing the India TB Research Consortium to accelerate R&D efforts in the country a statement said.
"The TB consortium is working with public and private institutes to guide the country s research efforts towards the development of point-of-care diagnostics shorter treatment regimens and an effective vaccine for tuberclosis " it said.
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