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Top Medical Body ICMR Approves Use Of Diagnostic Machine Used For Drug-Resistant TB For COVID-19

All India, Press Trust of India, April 10, 2020

The ICMR has validated 'TruenatTM beta CoV test on TruelabTM workstation' and has recommended it as a screening test, the apex health research body said today.

ICMR approves use of diagnostic machine used for drug-resistant TB for COVID-19

The Hindu, April 10, 2020

As part of its efforts to ramp up the testing capacity, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has approved the use of diagnostic machines used for testing drug-resistant tuberculosis for conducting coronavirus tests.The ICMR has validated ‘TruenatTM beta CoV test on TruelabTM workstation’ and has recommended it as a screening test, the apex health research body said on Friday.

ICMR nod for Bengaluru kit that tests for COVID-19 in 1 hour

Suraksha P, DHNS, Bengaluru, April 07, 2020

Considered a potential game-changer in testing COVID-19 cases, the TrueNAT machine that can test COVID-19 samples in just one hour, has obtained an approval from ICMR. Developed by Bengaluru-based Molbio Diagnostics in Rajajinagar, it beats conventio...

New coronavirus testing kit gives results in just an hour

Mrityunjay Bose, DHNS, Mumbai, April 06, 2020

A COVID-19 testing kit made by Molbio Diagnostics Pvt Ltd, has been approved by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).

Coronavirus update: Goa firm claims COVID-19 test results in an hour

Joe C Mathew , Business Today, April 06, 2020

Goa based Molbio Diagnostics has become the second Indian firm to receive the approval for its novel coronavirus (COVID-19) infection testing kit. The company's indigenously developed platform has the potential to perform molecular diagnostics for infectious diseases at the point-of-care through its Truelab Real Time Quantitative micro PCR System.

Goa’s Molbio Diagnostics gets ICMR nod for COVID-19 testing kit

The Navhind Times, Goa News, 5 April 2020, April 05, 2020

Margao: Goa-based diagnostic company Molbio Diagnostics has received the Indian Council of Medical Research’s (ICMR) approval for allowing its testing kit, the Truenat Beta CoV test, to be used for testing the presence of coronavirus.

ICMR approves TB machines for Covid-19 testing

Maitri Porecha New Delhi , THe Hindu, April 05, 2020

Diagnostic machines used to test drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) have now been approved by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) for conducting Covid-19 tests.

ICMR nod to Goa firm’s device for Covid-19 testing

Nisha Nambiar ,The Times of India, April 05, 2020

PUNE: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Friday night allowed use of Goa-based Molbio Diagnostics' portable devices to test more people

Goa-based Molbio Gets Testing Nod for Covid-19 Kit

Divya Rajagopal, The Economic Times, 21 Mar 2020, March 21, 2020

Molbio Gets Testing Licence for Covid-19

Divya Rajagopal, The Economic Times, 21 Mar 2020, March 21, 2020

Goa-based Molbio said that it has received a testing licence from the Drug Controller General of India for its Covid-19 kits, reports Divya Rajagopal. This takes the company one step closer to launching them in the Indian market. Molbio said that its test can give out results in 35 minutes.