Odisha-based firm’s Covid testing kit gets ICMR approval

Bhubaneswar: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has given its approval to Odisha’s first indigenous Rapid Antigen Test kit IMCOV-AG.

The kit has been named ImCOV-Ag.

It has been developed by Bhubaneswar-based IMGENEX India Pvt. Ltd in collaboration with Regional Medical Research Centre, Bhubaneswar.

The kit, which will help detect COVID-19 virus, has been developed at a cost of Rs 1 crore.