Dr. Waldemar Mordecai
Haffkine, was born on 15th March, 1860
in Odessa, Russia. An illustrious disciple of
Dr.Aleck Metchnikoff and Dr.Louis Pasteur, Dr
Haffkine arrived in Calcutta in 1892 with a mission
to tackle the problem of a Cholera epidemic.
He arranged for clinical trials of his vaccine
and successfully helped to combat the dreadful
disease from spreading further. When plague broke
out in 1896, he was invited to set up a Plague
Research Laboratory in Mumbai .
THE PLAGUE VACCINE
INTRODUCED BY DR HAFFKINE PROVED TO BE SO EFFECTIVE
THAT IT WAS SAID THAT HE SINGLE-HANDILY CONQUERED
THE 'BLACK DEATH'.
Thus Haffkine has more than 100 years of history.
It was later renamed as Haffkine Institute
in 1925.With a view to expand the production activities
and to meet the growing demands for medicines &
life saving drugs, the Haffkine Institute was bifurcated
by Government of Maharashtra in 1975 and the production
activities were entrusted to HAFFKINE BIO-PHARMACEUTICAL
CORPORATION LTD. , a fully owned Govt.
of Maharashtra Company, registered under the Companies
Act,1956.
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