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Manipal, 04^th November: Blackfrog Technologies Pvt. Ltd. is a healthcare technology company based out of Manipal, KA and incubated with Manipal Universal Technology Business Incubator (supported by NSTEDB & DST, GoI) of Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE). With support from BIRAC & Venture Centre (NCL, Pune), the company had previously developed a portable medical-grade refrigeration system for the last-mile delivery of vaccines. This patented technology was initially supported with a fellowship grant from DST, Govt. of India through the NIDHI-EIR scheme.

The company celebrated its fifth year anniversary today witnessed by Dr. Shrihari Upadhyaya-CEO of MUTBI, Dr. Raviraja N.S.-Director of Corporate Relations, MAHE and Dr. Manesh Thomas- CEO of GoK-Bioincubator. The chief guest for the event Dr. ArunShanbhag- Chief Innovation Officer of MAHE, unveiled the newest product in the line of vaccine-carrier variants developed by Blackfrog. This next-generation vaccine carrier namely ’Emvolio Pro’ has been designed as per the draft specifications laid out by WHO for effective vaccine transport. This will prove to be critical when the COVID-19 vaccines which are now underway, are finally approved and deployed at scale. The team at Blackfrog has conducted extensive qualitative studies over the past six months, coordinating with multiple healthcare partners to understand the field-level requirements when large-scale immunization has to be carried out for COVID-19. Blackfrog is now exploring options to scale-up its production capacity for its flagship product so that the vaccines can reach the farthest corners of India and beyond, without compromising safety.