The drug controller general of India has granted
approval to Dr. K.M. Cherian’s Heart Foundation and Frontier Lifeline
Hospital to conduct clinical trials of their tissue-engineered porcine
pulmonary artery, tissue-engineered bovine jugular vein and
tissue-engineered bovine pericardium.
Heart Foundation has been given permission to carry out clinical trials on human beings.
In
a release, Dr. Cherian said, “Now that we have got approval, the trial
will be done and manufactured tissues will be sent to leading medical
colleges for clinical tests.” Following the trials, Heart Foun- dation
will start manufacturing and supplying the tissues.
