Cabinet apprised of pact between health bodies of India, France

Press Trust of India  |  New Delhi 

The was today apprised about a pact signed between two health bodies of and France, which aims at cooperation in medical, life sciences and health research sectors including and

"The chaired by has been apprised of an MoU which was signed in March, 2018 between the (ICMR) and the de la Santeet de la RechercheMedicale (INSERM), France," an official statement said.

The MoU will further strengthen relations between ICMR and INSERM within the framework of international scientific and technological cooperation in fields of mutual interest, it said.

"The MoU aims at cooperation in areas of common interest within the medical, life sciences and health research fields. Based on scientific excellence on both sides, the parties have agreed to have a specific focus upon: and metabolic disorders, bio-ethics with focus on ethics and regulatory issues of gene editing techniques, and any other areas of mutual interest can be considered after discussions between the two sides," it said.

The scientific excellence on two sides will help to successfully work on health research in specified areas, it added.

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First Published: Wed, June 13 2018. 20:50 IST