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Life Sciences & Biotechnology

Title :

COVID-19 RT-PCR kit

Area of research :

Life Sciences & Biotechnology, COVID-19 Research

Focus area :

COVID-19 diagnostic kit

Principal Investigator :

Prof Utpal Tatu, Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru

Timeline Start Year :

2020

Contact info :

Details

Executive Summary :

Equine Biotech, a social entrepreneurial initiative by Prof Utpal Tatu has engineered and developed an extremely sensitive, rapid, and affordable COVID-19 diagnostic kit that is approved by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). The start-up, recognised by the Government of Karnataka and Government of India, is involved in developing diagnostics for emerging infectious diseases such as COVID-19. The startup has now developed a COVID-19 RT-PCR diagnositic kit called “GlobalTM diagnostic kit” for accurate and affordable diagnosis.

Organizations involved

Implementing Agency :

Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru

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