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ICMR approves COVID-19 test kit made in Odisha

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eMediNexus    30 January 2022

A rapid antigen test (RAT) kit, developed by a company based in Bhubaneswar, in association with the Regional Medical Research Centre (RMRC), has got the approval of the Indian Council of Medical Research for use to detect COVID-19.

Sanghamitra Pati, director of RMRC Bhubaneswar, said that the test kit (ImCOV-Ag), developed by IMGENEX India, has a high sensitivity and specificity and is capable of detecting all SARS-CoV-2 variants. The RMRC did the internal validation, while a third party - an expert group from Kerala – assessed the efficacy and accuracy. Following the RMRC validation and third party quality audit, the ICMR gave approval to the test kit.

IMGENEX India’s founder, Sujay Singh, has said that the company can make up to 20 lakh kits per month by April… (ET Healthworld – TNN, January 29, 2022)

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