HLL launches affordable Chikungunya & Dengue diagnostic kit

Trivandrum: HLL Lifecare Ltd., a mini-ratna public sector undertaking with diversified business, is foraying into molecular diagnostics area with a duplex test kit to make Chikungunya and Dengue fever tests more affordable to the common man. The new multiplex molecular diagnostic kit has been developed by HLL in collaboration with the Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, also based in Thiruvananthapuram.

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Nitta Gelatin shows impressive Q1 figures, retains growth

Trivandrum: Nitta Gelatin India Ltd. (NGIL), a joint venture between the Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation (KSIDC) and Nitta Gelatin Incorporated, Japan, and  a leading player in the Gelatin industry, has reported a turnover of Rs.67 crores and a net profit of Rs.4.69 crores for the first quarter this fiscal. NGIL hopes to achieve a turnover of around Rs.300 crores during the current financial year. During 2011-12, NGIL had reported a turnover of Rs.240 crores and a net profit of Rs.5.08 crores, after tax.

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HLL to launch urine based fertility measuring kits first time in India

Trivandrum: With over 30 million infertile couples in the country and numbers still swelling rapidly, HLL Lifecare Ltd., one of the largest manufacturers of contraceptives and allied products in the world, is launching first-of-its-kind simple and cost-effective urine-based fertility measuring kits. The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has recently transferred this technology developed by National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health (NIRRH) to HLL Lifecare for validation, commercialisation and marketing of the test kits.

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