Jeeri R. Reddy Explained

Jeeri R. Reddy
Nationality:	American
Spouse:	Vara Lakshmi, two children
Occupation:	Director Research & Development at JN-International, Inc.

Jeeri Reddy an American biologist who became an entrepreneur, developing new generation preventive and therapeutic vaccines. He has been an active leader in the field of the biopharmaceutical industry, commercializing diagnostics and vaccines through JN-International Medical Corporation. He is the scientific director and president of the corporation that created the world's first serological rapid tests for Tuberculosis^[1] to facilitate acid-fast bacilli microscopy for the identification of smear-positive and negative cases. Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV was achieved in South East Asia by the use of rapid tests developed by Reddy in 1999. Reddy through his Corporation donated $173,050 worth of Rapid Diagnostic Tests (RDTs) for malaria in Zambia^[2] and actively participated in the prevention of child deaths due to Malaria infections. Reddy was personally invited by the president, George W. Bush, and First Lady Laura Bush to the White House for Malaria Awareness Day sponsored by US President Malaria Initiative (PMI)^{[3] [4]} on Wednesday, April 25, 2007.

A notable inexpensive vaccine developed by Reddy is for Meningococcal meningitis for Prevention of Meningitis disease outbreaks in sub-Saharan Africa,^{[5] [6] [7] [8]} His main objective is to facilitate affordable biological medicines to the resource poor countries. His leadership on global health matters in Africa and South East Asia is encouraged by former president Bill Clinton through the Clinton Global Initiative.^[9] Reddy has been dedicated to the prevention of infectious diseases by promoting public awareness and education about immunization for vaccine-preventable diseases in underdeveloped countries. The people who have helped him to become a business person are his classmates and friends from the school of Microbiology and Pharmaceutical Sciences. He has created jobs in Nebraska, USA, Africa and South East Asia through his company. Prior to forming the corporation by him in 1997, Reddy served as microbiologist, visiting professor and laboratory director at ICRISAT,^[10] Kansas State University and Central States Research Center, Oakland, Nebraska. Reddy is an inventor on five U.S. & International (PCT) Patents and publishes Journal articles of its research and technologies in the field of human Infectious Diseases and Neurological Disorders.^{[11] [12] [13]} Reddy has been a post-doctoral fellow from Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas^[14] In June 1993, he was awarded by The Society of Phi Zeta of Kansas State University for his research findings of a vaccine against enteric, respiratory and reproductive disease-causing virus.^[15] Life sciences contributions at Research Gate:^[16]

Notes and References

1. Reddy JR, Kwang J, Lechtenberg KF, Khan NC, Prasad RB, Chengappa MM . An immunochromatographic serological assay for the diagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis . Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases . 25 . 1 . 21–7 . January 2002 . 11831744 . 10.1016/S0147-9571(01)00016-9.
2. RAPIDS Malaria Initiative: 2007 Final Report http://www.pepfar.gov
3. Web site: Home | PMI.
4. Web site: New Page 15 . 2015-09-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160302201626/http://jn-vaccines.org/PMI.htm . 2016-03-02 . dead .
5. Method of producing Meningococcal meningitis vaccine for Neisseria meningitidis serotypes A, C, Y, and W-135 http://www.jn-vaccines.org/US20080020428_1_JN_MENINGITIS_PATENT.pdf
6. Jeeri R. Reddy and Thiombiano S. Rigobert. Infections à méningocoques Maladies infectious et Africa. West Africa. Med. Bull. 2007
7. Jeeri R Reddy and Thiombiano S. Rigobert. Infections à méningocoques Maladies infectious et Africa. West Africa. Med. Bull. 2008
8. Jeeri R. Reddy, Safety and Immunogenicity of Meningococcal Meningitis Quadrivalent (A,C,Y & W-135) Polysaccharide Vaccine "PHASE III MULTICENTER CLINICAL TRIAL IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA" 2008; West African Journal of Medicine (in press)
9. Clinton Global Initiative: Development and Production of Low-Cost Vaccines, 2006 https://www.clintonfoundation.org/clinton-global-initiative/commitments/development-and-production-low-cost-vaccines
10. Reddy, J R and Ahmed, K M and Varma, B K (1988) Bacterial wilt of chickpea caused by Xanthomonas campestris (Pam.) Dowson. International Chickpea Newsletter, 19. pp. 13-15. ISSN 0257-2508 http://oar.icrisat.org/2151/
11. REDDY Jeeri. Preventive and therapeutic vaccine for Stroke and Neurological Disorders http://www.wipo.int/pctdb/en/wo.jsp?WO=2008121146
12. Reddy JR, Kwang J, Varthakavi V, Lechtenberg KF, Minocha HC . Semiliki forest virus vector carrying the bovine viral diarrhea virus NS3 (p80) cDNA induced immune responses in mice and expressed BVDV protein in mammalian cells . Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases . 22 . 4 . 231–46 . October 1999 . 10465327 . 10.1016/S0147-9571(99)00014-4.
13. Gudlavalleti . Seshu Kumar . Crawford . Erika Nicole . Harder . Jeffery David . Reddy . Jeeri Raghava . Quantification of each Serogroup Polysaccharide of Neisseria meningitidis A/C/Y/W-135-DT Conjugate Vaccine by High-Performance Anion-Exchange Chromatography-Pulsed Amperometric Detection Analysis . Analytical Chemistry . 86 . 11 . 5383–90 . 2014 . 24810004 . 10.1021/ac5003933 .
14. 10.1007/BF02602900 . 4 . 2 . Erysiphe euphorbiae sp. nov. onJatropha gossypifolia L. . Current Microbiology . 95–97. 1980. Reddy. J. Raghava. Reddy . A. Purnachandra . 40290738 .
15. The Society of Phi Zeta Sigma Chapter at Kansas State University: http://www.vet.k-state.edu/research/
16. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jeeri_Reddy/contributions/{{full citation needed|date=September 2018}}