NEW DELHI : Pune-based diagnostics kit manufacturer Mylab Discovery Solutions, a Pune based molecular diagnostics has collaborated with Biocon’s contract research arm Syngene International Ltd to cater to India’s demand for covid-19 testing kits. "We will be procuring fluorophore from Syngene, which is one of the raw materials for reagent and the probe.
There is a global shortfall for this material. With this being made in India now, the testing kit will be readily manufactured to match inherent need of India," MyLab managing director Hasmukh Rawal told Mint in an interview.
Rawal said the pact helps the company to procure all its raw materials in India, thereby providing greater security over supply of its reverse transcriptase–polymerase