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Cadila to make India's first indigenous antibody test kit: Health Minister

The anti-SARS-Cov-2 human lgG ELISA kit has the advantage of testing 90 samples together in a single run of 2.5 hours

The government is now trying to understand how long it will take before the drug’s production can start in India

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So far, ELISA kits were being largely imported with focus of indigenous manufacturing largely towards real-time polymerase chain reaction

Vinay Umarji Ahmedabad

2 min read Last Updated : May 10 2020 | 11:40 PM IST

Cadila Healthcare Ltd. (Zydus Cadila) is set to make India's first indigenously developed anti-SARS-Cov-2 human IgG ELISA test kit for antibody detection of Covid-19 (novel coronavirus), Union health minister Harsh Vardhan said in a tweet on Sunday.

National Institute of Virology, Pune has successfully developed the 1st indigenous anti-SARS-CoV-2 human IgG ELISA test kit for antibody detection of #COVID19 .

This robust test will play a critical role in surveillance of proportion of population exposed to #SARSCoV2 infection pic.twitter.com/pEJdM6MOX6

— Dr Harsh Vardhan (@drharshvardhan) May 10, 2020

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Topics : Coronavirus Lockdown Cadila Healthcare Zydus Cadila Health Ministry Harsh Vardhan