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Dr Nitya Anand
February 3 , 2024
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- Dr Nitya Anand, who discovered India’s first oral contraceptive pill ‘Saheli’, passed away recently.
- He was the former director of the Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI) from 1974 to 1984.
- He was the brain behind the discovery of Centchroman’, popularly known as ‘Saheli.’
- It was the world’s first and only non-steroidal, non-hormonal, once-a-week oral contraceptive pill.
- It was launched by then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in 1986.
- Even today, it is the only non-steroidal non-hormonal contraceptive in the world.
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