Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Foot & Mouth Disease Research Center had invited the team of Office of Research Innovation and Commercialization (ORIC), CECOS University to visit their laboratories.
The ultimate aim is to test the available equipment and help them find high-tech localized solutions in the departments of R&D, designing and equipment repair.
ORIC team headed by Dr. Muftooh Ur Rehman Siddiqi – Research Manager ORIC, also consisted of Mr. Danyal Hayat – Manager Industrial Linkages and Technology Transfer ORIC.
The facilities of Cold Storage, Vaccine Manufacturing Setup and HVAC were visited by ORIC Team where both the parties agreed to initiate a joint venture of innovative Vaccine Box – a major problem faced by the vaccine manufacturing industry in Pakistan.
Department of Mechanical Engineering at CECOS University which has well-established R&D on Vaccine Box will take a lead on solving the vaccine storage problem during transportation with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Foot & Mouth Disease Research Center.