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Gurgaon company’s technology to cart vaccines at desired temperature
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Gurgaon company’s technology to cart vaccines at desired temperature
Surojit Gupta / TNN / Jan 8, 2021, 11:34 IST
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NEW DELHI: Backed by a Tata Capital Innovation fund, a Gurgaon-based MSME has come up with a special packaging material for transport of vaccines.
The application, which is based on what is called ‘phase-change’ technology, uses safe chemicals to provide solutions for the pharmaceutical industry, logistics and can even be used for cooling and heating buildings.
“What we have done is created materials which work at different and precise temperatures. We have solutions for -30°C, -20°C, in fact for 35 different temperatures. For instance, for temperatures of 2-8°C degrees, we use a 3°C material instead of an ice pack. The SputnikV vaccination of Dr Reddy’s needs -20°C, in that case we use a different material,” S