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. |