By TCN News,
Chennai: Halal India, one of the leading Halal certification body in the World, has certified the World’s first Halal HIB vaccine: KR BIOLOGICAL Pte Ltd (Global Vacc al-shifa HIB Vaccine as its brand Name).
This was surprising as the world was not aware that the current HIB, vaccine which is a pharmaceutically critical vaccine, for Muslim children was still using pork components in the vaccine manufacture. Pork components were used at the fermentation stage of the organism. There are so many critical ingredients used in the pharma product including pork. GlobalVacc Al-Shifa HIB vaccine for babies has removed the pork components and make sure all the ingredients used were Halal compliant.
Halal India auditor Mr. Abdul Hannan and shariah auditor has visited the premises of the world largest vaccine manufacturer Serum Institute of India at Pune inspected the factory and verified it as halal after exhaustive due diligence. There are no non Halal ingredients used in the HIB vaccine. Halal India shariah Board has given a fatwa about the GlobalVacc Al-Shifa HIB vaccine for Muslim babies, is halal.
KR Biological Director, Mr. Ragu has supported and co-developed the process for it to being Halal compliant, from the manufacturing plant to the raw materials They also working on other Halal compliant vaccines for the Muslim population which are under development, like the Meningitis ACWY135 vaccine, HPV vaccine, Rotavirus vaccine, Polio vaccine, Typhoid vaccine and many more.
Regarding Global Vacc Alshifa HIB Vaccine brand owner MR. Ragu Talks about the Halal Process
To integrate this Halal concept into vaccines was always a challenge because a lot of Pharma companies look at bottom lines and would not consider going the extra mile in sourcing for ingredients which are Halal.
To combine the scientific aspect and the Halal effect was laborious and required the assistance of a Pharma giant who would believe that this was always possible. It required a lot of research on the suitability of the vaccine to be made Halal and of course to get the right Auditors who also happen to be scientists, like Mr Hannan, a trained microbiologists who understood the raw sciences and the Halal perspectives. We are very proud to announce the first Halal vaccine for Muslim children and our first step in giving the world Halal Vaccines.