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CoSara bags licence to make Covid-19 test kits, says will price it low

The company now plans to send sample batches to National Institute of Virology, Pune, for validation

CoSara bags licence to make Covid-19 test kits, says will price it low
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Vinay Umarji Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad-based CoSara Diagnostics has become the first and only Indian company so far to receive a licence from the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) to manufacture coronavirus (Covid-19) diagnostic test kits. 

The company now plans to send sample batches to National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune, for validation, following which it would apply for a manufacturing licence with the Gujarat government.

A joint venture of Synbiotics, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ambalal Sarabhai Enterprises (ASE), and CoDiagnostics, CoSara Diagnostics is a Gujarat-based molecular diagnostic company.

While it did not share the exact pricing of the kits, the company’s chief