Central Drug Research Institute is a multidisciplinary research laboratory in Lucknow, India, employing scientific personnel from various areas of biomedical sciences.

The Central Drug Research Institute was one of the first laboratories to be established in India right after its independence.

It is among the thirty nine laboratories that are functioning under the aegis of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research of India.

The research institute was formally inaugurated on 17 February 1951 by the prime minister, Jawahar Lal Nehru.

The following divisions of are involved in research and development: In addition, two data centers and one field station located outside the research institute provide operational support.