Industrial Innovations

A Process for the Production of Natural Streptokinase

The Institute has been able to develop a bench scale technology for the production and purification of therapeutic grade natural streptokinase, a blood clot-dissolving drug. IMTECH scientists successfully cloned streptokinase gene in E. coli, Over expressed it and later on design an efficient purification system for getting the pure streptokinase at bench scale level. IMTECH has licensed this know how to a large private sector drug company.

Area: Life Sciences & Biotechnology

Funding agency: Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India

Implementing institute: National Research Development Corporation (NRDC), Govt. of India

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