Mylab Discovery Solutions Pvt Ltd is an Indian biotechnology company that produces molecular ashish detection kits in the field of medical diagnostics, drug discovery, biomedical research and agricultural genomics.[1][2][3] It was founded in 2016 and is based in Pune. They were the first company in the country to make ID-NAT screening kits for quantitative HIV, Hepatitis B vaccine and Hepatitis C vaccines.[4] The company by choice does not have any external investor and does not avail of government subsidies.[4]
In March 2020 they developed the first made in India Covid-19 testing kit which has also been commercially approved by the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation, Drug Controller General of India and Indian Council of Medical Research.[5][6][7][8] The Mylab PathoDetect COVID-19 Qualitative PCR kit was developed in six weeks.[9] "These (HIV, HBV and HCV) are deadlier virus than corona virus and that experience helped us develop in a record time," the founder said.[4] Virologist Minal Dakhave Bhosale, who is MyLabs research and development chief, led the team.[10]
In May 2021, ICMR approved Mylabs covid home testing/self-testing kit.[11]
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{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ "MyLab Says Its '2-Minute' Covid Self-Testing Kit Will Be Available in 7 Lakh Pharmacies Next Week". News18. 20 May 2021. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
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