New Delhi: The Defence Institute of Physiology and Allied Sciences (DIPAS), a laboratory of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), has developed an antibody detection-based equipment ‘DIPCOVAN’, the DIPAS-VDx COVID-19 IgG Antibody Microwell ELISA for sero-surveillance.
The DIPCOVAN equipment was developed indigenously by the scientists, adopted by intensive validation on greater than 1,000 affected person samples at varied Covid designated hospitals in Delhi. Three batches of the product had been validated over the past 12 months
The antibody detection equipment is accredited by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) in April 2021.
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Here are essential particulars to know in regards to the DIPCOVAN equipment:
- The DIPCOVAN equipment can detect each spike in addition to nucleocapsid (S&N) proteins of SARS-CoV-2 virus with a excessive sensitivity of 97 p.c and specificity of 99 p.c.
- DIPCOVAN is meant for the qualitative detection of IgG antibodies in human serum or plasma, concentrating on SARS-CoV-2 associated antigens.
- It provides a considerably quicker turn-around time because it requires simply 75 minutes to conduct the take a look at with none cross reactivity with different illnesses.
- The equipment, developed in affiliation with Vanguard Diagnostics Pvt Ltd, a growth and manufacturing diagnostics firm primarily based in New Delhi, has a shelf lifetime of 18 months.
- The equipment can be very helpful for understanding COVID‐19 epidemiology and assessing a person’s earlier SARS‐CoV‐2 publicity.
In May 2021, the product obtained regulatory approval from the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI), Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, to fabricate on the market and distribution.
Industry accomplice Vanguard Diagnostics Pvt. Ltd will commercially launch the product in the course of the first week of June 2021. Readily out there inventory on the time of launch can be 100 kits (approx. 10,000 checks) with a manufacturing capability of 500 kits/month after the launch. It is predicted to be out there at about Rs 75 per take a look at.
Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh appreciated the DRDO’s efforts and the trade in creating the equipment on the time of want.
Dr G Satheesh Reddy, Secretary, Department of Defence R&D and Chairman, DRDO, complimented the groups concerned in creating the equipment and mentioned the initiative will assist the folks in the course of the pandemic.
