Govt launches IIT Delhi’s covid-19 test kit for commercial use at 399
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The Union government Wednesday announced the commercial launch of a covid-19 test kit developed by the IIT Delhi at a base price of ₹399, the cheapest in the market, and which may help ramp up coronavirus testing in the country.
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IIT Delhi's low cost COVID-19 test kit launched commercially
Approved
by the Indian Medical Council of India and Drug Control General of India, the
commercial product named ‘Corosure’ was commercially developed by a company
named NewTech Medical Devises after obtaining license from the IIT. Two million
testing kits will be manufactured by next month, Newtech Medical Devises said.
“The
base price of the RT-PCR assay is ₹399," IIT Delhi said adding that “even
after adding the RNA isolation and laboratory charges, the cost per test will
be considerably cheaper compared to currently available kits in the
market".
Jatin
Goyal, founder of Newtech Medical Devices said using the “unique technology
developed by IIT Delhi and our expertise in reagent and kit-making, we have
ensured an accurate, affordable, Make-in-India kit for the diagnosis of
Sars-CoV2, which is a ‘probe-free’ method, and reduces the testing cost without
compromising on accuracy. We are anticipating two million kits by next
month."
Human
resource development minister Ramesh Pokhriyal, who e-launched the affordable
RT-PCR based covid-19 diagnostic kit, said “the country requires affordable and
reliable testing for the country which can help to control the pandemic. The
Corosure has been developed indigenously and is much cheaper than other kits…
The kit has received ICMR approval with the highest score and DCGI approval
with a very high sensitivity and specificity".
The
minister said the diagnostic kit will now be available for use by the
authorised testing labs. IIT Delhi has given licence to 10 companies to
manufacture covid-19 diagnostic kit using the technology developed by its
researchers, he added.
IITDelhi director V. Ramgopal Rao said his researchers will continue to focus on
covid-19 related innovations and development, to help the country in the fight
against coronavirus. IIT Delhi has been working on a number of covid-19
research. Other than Corosure, it is working on another testing kit in
collaboration with the National Chemical Laboratory (NCL) Pune for easy use by
individuals at home for quick results.
India
is the third most infected country in the world in terms of total positive
cases. As of 15 July, more than 930,000 positive cases have been reported in
the country, of which more than 24,300 have died.
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