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Two new Covid-19 detection kits approved for testing in India
India’s drug regulator, CDSCO has allowed commercial use of two new COVID-19 test kits, one Made in India by Pune-based startup Mylab Discovery Solutions and a kit made by German company, altona Diagnostics.
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5 things India can do to scale up Covid Testing
Covid is a pandemic like never before in our lifetimes, it needs quick intervention by government and is also a clarion call for our innovators to create, and the government to certify and build internal capability for the entire chain of testing. By any conservative estimate we need to test 1-2% of the population(15-30 million tests) at a minimum before a vaccine or cure is discovered over the next year, suggests Ms Anu Acharya, Founder & CEO of MapmyGenome, Hyderabad.
CoSara Diagnostics to make 10,000 Covid-19 test kits daily
Mr Mohal Sarabhai, Director of CoSara, said in a statement: “Presently there are 52 government-approved testing facilities and delivering the kits to those is the first target,” in addition to pursuing 60 accredited private labs to conduct COVID-19 tests. “Overall, our target market will be private as well as government labs.”
Technology Development Board under DST invites technology proposals for fighting COVID 19
The proposal may include technologically innovative solutions like low-cost masks, cost-effective scanning devices, technologies for sanitization of large areas as well as for contactless entry, rapid diagnostic kits and oxygenators, and ventilators.
Exhibit in the 'India Pavilion' at BIO 2026
