Hyderabad, Nov. 28 -- Indian Immunologicals Limited (IIL), headquartered in Hyderabad and one of the largest producers of vaccines in Asia, on Monday announced partnership with Central Institute of Fisheries Education (CIFE), Mumbai, an Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) Institute, for the commercial development of India's first vaccines against common bacterial diseases in freshwater fishes.

IIL has forayed into Aqua business in October 2022 by launching products for aquaculture health market dealing with pond management and fish or shrimp gut management.

Aquaculture in India suffers economic losses due to infections caused by several bacterial, viral, fungal, and other aetiological agents. Currently these infections are bei...