A real-time coronavirus disease (Covid-19) testing kit, launched last week by pharmaceutical company Cipla, will be in the market from Tuesday, the company said. The RT-PCR test kit is called 'ViraGen' and is manufactured for the country by the drug major in partnership with Ubio Biotechnology Systems. Click here for full Covid-19 coverageThe Covid-19 detection kit is approved by the ICMR (Indian Council of Medical Research) and uses multiplex PCR technology. ViraGen is Cipla's third Covid-19 testing kit as it already has partnerships for antibody detection kits and antigen test kits. Earlier, it had launched 'Elifast: SARS CoV-2 IgG ELISA' test kit.

Source: Hindustan Times May 25, 2021 01:30 UTC