Pune-based lab launches India’s 1st COVID-19 testing kit, approved by ICMR

Mar 24, 2020

Pune (Maharashtra), Mar 24 (ANI): Pune-based Mylab Discovery Solutions Pvt Ltd has developed India's first indigenous COVID-19 testing kit that has been approved by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). A single kit costs Rs 80,000 and can test 100 patients. “We can produce 1 to 1.5 lakh tests in a week, we are trying to increase our production for the public. These kits cost 1/4th the price that the imported kits are being sold for,” said Ranjit Desai, Scientist at Mylab Discovery Solutions Pvt Ltd. The total number of active cases has jumped over 440 in the country.