Our Vision

A multidisciplinary hub for drug discovery and development to serve humanity

Our Mission

To discover, develop and deploy therapeutic strategies to alleviate disease burden

Mandate

  • To develop new drugs for controlling diseases of national relevance
  • To systematically explore the Indian flora & fauna for therapeutic potential
  • To serve as a national nodal centre to convert 'hits' into ‘new drug candidates’
  • To provide co-working platform, process technologies and consultancy to pharma industry
  • To conduct cutting-edge research in disease biology and to translate the results into biotherapeutics to face challenges of the future
  • To develop human resource specializing in diverse areas of drug discovery and development

Key achievements

The Institute has achieved several major milestones both in terms of drug discovery and development as well as in training the next generation of scientists in pharmaceutical research.

  • Discovery and development of 12 new drugs including currently marketed drugs Arteether (Brand Name: E-mal), BESEB (Brand Name: Memory Sure), Centchroman (Brand Name: Saheli)
  • Built a strong patent portfolio of 350 Indian Patents and 90 International patents
  • Transferred 130+ indigenous technologies to pharmaceutical companies, enabling the manufacture of low cost generics
  • Contributed 10,000+ research articles in peer reviewed journals
  • Trained > 2000 PhD students with alumni in national and international Institutions (Academia/Industry)

Priority Areas

  • Microbial infections
  • Parasitic diseases
  • Viral infections
  • Cancer
  • Neurodegenerative disorders
  • Metabolic health and disorders
  • Musculoskeletal health
  • Reproductive health

Alignment of National Missions & Goals

  • Swasth Bharat
  • Skill India
  • Make in India
  • Startup India; Stand up India
  • Swachh Bharat
  • Sustainable Development Goal – 3: Good health and well-being