TheKerala State Industrial Development Corporation(KSIDC) has joined hands withIndian Institute of Science Educationand Research (IISER), to set up a state-of-the-art laboratory animal centre that will provide preclinical grade animals and research support for companies setting up research and development facilities at theLife Sciences Parkand also for the academia of the state.
The KSIDC has entered into a MoU with IISER, which is an autonomous institution under theunion ministry of Human resource development, to set up the facility by improving its existing facility, which is a very capital intensive initiative and which also needs to follow various guidelines and protocols for its operation and management. The KSIDC will grant Rs 6.32 crore to IISER.
The MoU with KSIDC would facilitate the supply of specific pathogen-free small animals to companies and firms being set up in Life Sciences Park for undertaking research, both academic and clinical, and pre-clinical trials as part of research in the bio-pharma domain.