First “Made in India” COVID-19 Test Kit gets commercial approval from CDSCO

March 25, 2020

A Pune based testing services MyLab has become the first Indian company to get an commercial approval from CDSCO for the sales of COVID-19 testing kits sale.

About the Kit

The kit was developed by MyLab testing services. The testing time of COVID-19 in current lab testing services is 4 hours. However, MyLAb’s testing time is 2 ½ hours. The laboratory is to sell the kits at Rs 1,200 to Rs 1,500 per test. Currently, the Government of India has fixed the cap price of COVID-19 as Rs 4,500. No laboratory in India can charge more than this fixed amount to test the COVID-19. The move was made after the Indian Government allowed the private organizations to test for the virus.

A single kit can study 1000 samples. The testing methodology adopted have been validated by National Institute of Virology. The kits are based on Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain reaction