Swiss pharmaceuticals giant Roche rolling out high-volume rapid Covid-19 test by year-endThe new Elecsys SARS-CoV-2 Antigen test is meant to be administered by healthcare professionals in a lab setting and allows the detection o...
13 Oct, 2020, 01.57 PM IST
New antibody tests offer better snapshot of Covid-19 immunityAntibodies are markers of infection, and testing for them helps health officials see how widely the virus has spread. Until now, most tests...
22 Aug, 2020, 10.38 AM IST
Swiss drugmaker Roche says demand for Covid-19 tests exceeds production"The demand exceeds our production," Christoph Franz was quoted as saying in Saturday's paper. The decision on where tests were shipped to ...
27 Jun, 2020, 10.27 PM IST
Roche gets US nod for Covid-19 antibody testHospitals and reference laboratories can run the Elecsys Anti-SARS-CoV-2 test on one of Roche’s analysis platforms, the company said. Roche...
03 May, 2020, 11.46 PM IST
Supply chain issues hit testing ramp-up: Roche Diagnostics India MD Shravan SubramanyamSwiss company Roche Diagnostics had last month received an emergency approval from the USFDA for its cobas SARS CoV-2 test that can provide...
10 Apr, 2020, 09.35 AM IST
14 firms get license to evaluate COVID-19 tests kitsRoche Diagnostics India and other 13 Indian firms include CoSara Diagnostics from Ahmedabad and CPC Diagnostics from Chennai. All these com...
20 Mar, 2020, 06.48 PM IST
Roche Diagnostics India first private firm to get COVID-19 test approvalSwiss firm Roche Diagnostics India received the license for conducting coronavirus tests after approval from drug regulator DCGI, making it...
18 Mar, 2020, 04.56 PM IST
Private labs may soon be allowed to test for coronavirus infectionRoche has also received a licence from the Indian drug regulator for a specific SARS-Covid-19 diagnostic that can test thousands of samples...
18 Mar, 2020, 08.49 AM IST
Roche Diagnostics India looks at 15 per cent IVD market share in 2 yearsRoche Diagnostics is part of Swiss healthcare major Roche. It sells devices and equipment to labs and hospitals and is mainly present in th...
03 Sep, 2017, 12.25 PM IST
Roche Diagnostics India appoints Shravan Subramanyam as MDSubramanyam succeeds Guido Sander, who has shifted to Singapore, to head high growth markets for Roche Diagnostics' Asia Pacific business.
18 Jul, 2016, 07.30 PM IST
Roche plans to step up India play, launches two new medicinesRoche said patients will be offered equated monthly instalment schemes for Perjeta and Kadcyla through financial institutions in the coming...
09 Oct, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
- Roche Diagnostics India looks at PPP model for maternal health
India has among the world's worst maternal mortality rates and it needs to work hard to meet its commitments under the UN's Millenium Devel...
26 Dec, 2011, 02.24 PM IST
Global swine flu kit makers gear up to meet demandUS-based Applied Biosystems and Swiss firm Roche Diagnostics , have said that they are ramping up their manufacturing capacities to meet ri...
14 Aug, 2009, 02.14 PM IST
- Global pharma cos to ramp up test kit production
US-based Applied Biosystems and Swiss major Roche Diagnostics, two of the world’s largest swine flu kit makers, have decided to ramp up the...
14 Aug, 2009, 12.17 AM IST
- WB soon to have a world class research facility for cancer
West Bengal will soon house a world-class research facility for cancer.
25 Jul, 2009, 09.48 PM IST
- Roche to tap tissue diagnostic biz here
Roche Diagnostics India, a wholly-owned arm of Swiss pharma and diagnostics major F Hoffmann-La Roche, plans to expand its India footprint ...
28 Apr, 2009, 12.03 AM IST
- Roche buys US firm for $3.4 bn
Roche, the world’s biggest maker of cancer drugs, agreed to buy Ventana Medical Systems with an increased offer of $3.4 billion to gain tes...
23 Jan, 2008, 12.00 AM IST