Agilent partners with Trivitron Healthcare to establish lab

As a part of the association, the lab is equipped with some of the high-end technologies from Agilent, through which Trivitron aims to develop solutions that are accessible and affordable for clinical testing markets in emerging countries like India, Agilent Technologies India said in a statement.

Commenting on the development, Agilent technologies India Pvt Ltd Life Science Group & Chemical Analysis Group Country Manager Pasupathi Siva Kumar said: " As a part of the association, Agilent will provide its latest analytical technologies to establish a world class lab within the campus of IIT Chennai Science Park."

With the benefit of Agilent's analytical capabilities and expertise, Trivitron will work to innovate and develop diagnostics kits in areas such as carrier screening, pre natal screening, new born screening, drug monitoring among others, Trivitron Healthcare MD G S K Velu said.

"Three decades of expertise and R&D experience of Trivitron's subsidiary Labsystems Diagnostics, Finland will act as a catalyst for this collaboration using Agilent's high end analytical technologies," he added.

Trivitron had acquired acquired Finland-based Ani Labsystems in November last year.