The new 33rd flagship institute of ICMR was founded in 2015, at Genome Valley in Hyderabad, India.

[3][4] The institute proposes to breed specific pathogen free large and small animals such as mice, rats, hamsters, rabbit, guinea pigs, mini pigs, canines, swine, equines, horses, sheep, and goats.

[2] On 18 November 2015 the union Government of India, approved a long-pending proposal envisaging Rs 338.58 crore-world-class-facility for breeding beagle dogs, horses, and monkeys besides other animals on a large scale to indigenously to meet the needs of the country's pharma firms for drug testing and clinical research.

They cannot meet the demand and requirement of biomedical sector, which has no option but to depend on other countries like Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia for testing their products," said a senior official from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

Sharing the cabinet decision with reporters after the cabinet meeting, Manoj Pant, Joint Secretary of Department of Health Research in the Ministry, "The institute is expected to cut down research cost by 60 per cent and consequently drugs and vaccine by about 30 per cent in the long run."