Cipla launches ‘ViraGen’ a polymerase chain reaction (Covid-19 RT-PCR) test Kumar Jeetendra | May 20, 2021 Mumbai, India; May 20 2021: Cipla Limited (BSE: 500087; NSE: CIPLA EQ, referred to as “Cipla”) today announced the commercialisation of a polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test kit ‘ViraGen’ for COVID-19 in India, in partnership with Ubio Biotechnology Systems Pvt. Ltd. ViraGen is Cipla’s third offering in the Covid-19 testing segment. Cipla already has partnerships …
IIT-B researcher gets DCGI gesture to launch algo-based COVID-19 testing instrument Kumar Jeetendra | June 22, 2021 Bengaluru-based tech startup Algorithmic Biologics has received regulatory approvals to launch its COVID-19 testing method that can help scale up testing for the deadly virus infection at half the prevailing cost and one-tenth of the time. Called Tapestry, the new testing tool is developed by the startup launched by IIT-Bombay professor Manoj Gopalkrishnan. It enables …
Unlocking Precision:The Power of the 96-Well Plate in Modern Lab Science Kumar Jeetendra | July 11, 2025 In modern molecular diagnostic laboratories, no other tool compares to the ease of use, precision, and multiplicity offered by the 96-well plates. They have stood the test of time and continue to be used in enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs), high-throughput screening, PCR amplification, and even in cell cultures because of their ability to perform simultaneous …
