Roche Diagnostics India Allowed To Supply Diagnostic Tests

Roche Diagnostics India — Indian subsidiary of Swiss multinational firm Roche received testing license for COVID-19 diagnostic testing from the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO).

Two Indian diagnostic firms,Trivitron Healthcare and Mylab Discovery Solutions, have also designed their own kits that are awaiting approval.

The kits developed by the three firms will be sold to private diagnostic chains such as Dr Lal Path Labs, SRL Diagnostics and Metropolis Healthcare which will increase the number of tests India will conduct in a day and reduce testing time. 

Currently, India is importing testing kits from Germany and Switzerland.