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A China
Shanghai
Institute of Biological Products, Ministry of Health, 1262 Yan An Road (W), Shanghai 200052, China (Tel ++
8621-62803189; Fax ++ 8621-62801807). Contact: Ms Minzhi
Lu, Manager, International Affairs & Trade Department (Tel ++
8621-62805234)
(liquid antivenoms, 10-15 ml/ampoule)
 Agkistrodon acutus antivenin (purified) (= Deinagkistrodon acutus,
found in North Viet Nam).
Recommended dose 8,000 IU (= 4 ampoules)
"Agkistrodon halys" antivenin
(purified) (said to be active against venoms of Trimeresurus
mucrosquamatus and T stejnegeri).Recommended
dose 6,000 IU (= 1 ampoule)
Bungarus multicinctus antivenin (purified) (said to be
effective against the venom of Ophiophagus hannah). Recommended dose
for bites by both species 10,000 IU (= 1.25 ampoules)
"Naja naja" antivenom (purified) (= Naja atra). Recommended dose 2,000 IU (= 2 ampoules)
B Germany
Knoll AG, Postfach 21 08 05, 67008 Ludwigshafen, Germany (Tel ++
49621-5892688;
Fax ++ 49621-5893707).
Contact: Mr Lok, Managing Director
(liquid antivenom, 10 ml/ampoule)
Cobra monospecific antivenom (Naja naja sputatrix = Malaysian N sumatrana)
C India
Bengal Chemicals &
Pharmaceuticals, 6 Ganesh Chunder Avenue, Calcutta
(Fax ++91 33 2257697)
(liquid antivenom)
Polyvalent (Bungarus caeruleus, Naja naja, Vipera russelli, Echis carinatus)
Central Research Institute (Simla Hills), 173 204 (HP) Kasauli
(Tel ++ 91-17932060; Fax ++
91-179272049)
(liquid and lyophilised antivenoms, 10
ml/ampoule)
Polyvalent (B caeruleus,
N naja, V russelli, E carinatus)
Haffkine
Biopharmaceutical Company Ltd, Acharya Donde Marg, Parel,
Bombay 400012 (Tel ++
91-224129320 and 234129224; Fax ++ 91 41 68578; Telex 11.71427 HBPC IN)
Contact : PR Sharma, Assistant Marketing
Manager, Export and Trade Department
(lyopholised antivenoms, 10
ml/ampoule)
Polyvalent anti-snake venom serum (B caeruleus, E carinatus, N naja, V russelli)
King’s Institute
of Preventive Medicine, Guindi, Madras NA5
Polyvalent
Serum Institute of India Ltd, 212/2 Hadapsar, Pune-411 028 (Tel ++ 91-212672016; Fax ++
91-212672040; Telex 145-7317 SERA IN, 145-7216 SEAL IN)
Contact: Dr SS Jadhav,
Executive Director (QA)
(lyopholized antivenoms)
Polyvalent (B caeruleus, N naja,
V russelli, E carinatus)
Bivalent (E
carinatus, V russelli)
D Indonesia
Perum Bio Farma
(Pasteur Institute), Jl Pasteur 28, Post Box 1136, Bandung40161
(Tel ++ 6222-83755; Fax ++ 6222-210299; Telex 28432 BIOFARIA)
(liquid antivenom, 5 ml/ampoule)
Polyvalent antivenom serum (Calloselasma rhodostoma, B fasciatus, N
sputatrix)
E Iran
State Serum & Vaccine Institute, Razi Hessarek, bP 656, Teheran (Tel
++ 98 2221 2005)
(liquid antivenoms, 10 ml/ampoule)
Polyvalent
snake antivenom (equine) (said to neutralise the venoms of two South East
Asian species - Naja oxiana and Echis carinatus (probably E sochureki),
Vipera lebetina (= Macrovipera lebetina) and Pseudocerastes persicus
F Myanmar (Burma)
Myanmar Pharmaceutical Factory, Yangon
(lyophilized and liquid antivenoms, 10 ml/ampoule)
Viper antivenom (V russelli)
Cobra antivenom (N kaouthia)
G Pakistan
National Institute of
Health, Biological Production Division, Islamabad (Tel ++ 9251-240946; Fax ++
9251-20797; Telex 5811-NAIB-PK)
Contact: Shahid Akhtar
(liquid and lyophilized antivenoms, 10
ml/ampoule)
Polyvalent anti-snake venom serum
(B caeruleus, E carinatus, N naja, V lebetina, V russelli)
H Philippines
Biologicals Production Service, Dept of
Health, Los Baños, Laguna
(liquid antivenom)
Philippine cobra antivenin (Naja philippinensis)
I Taiwan
National Institute of
Preventive Medicine, 161 Kun-Yang Street, Nan-Kang, Taipei, ROC 11513 (Tel ++ 8862-7859215;
Fax ++ 8862-7853944). Contact: Dr Gong-Ren Wang,
Director
(lyophilised antivenoms,
10 ml/ampoule)
Bungarus multicinctus and N atra
bivalent antivenom
Trimeresurus muquosquamatus and Trimeresurus
grammineus (= T stejnegeri)
bivalent antivenom
Agkistrodon acutus (= Deinagkistrodon acutus) antivenom
J Thailand
The Thai Red Cross
Society, Queen Saovabha Memorial Institute, 1871 Rama
VI Road,
Bangkok10330 (Tel ++ 662-2520161-4; Fax ++
662-2540212; Telex 82535 THRESCO TH)
(freeze dried monovalent antivenoms,
10 ml/ampoule)
Cobra antivenom
King cobra antivenin
Banded krait antivenin
Russell’s viper antivenin
Malayan pit viper antivenin
Green pit viper antivenin
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