VON WILLEBRAND DISEASE (VWD)

About: 

• This is the first in the world Point-of-Care (POC) test for specific diagnosis of any common bleeding disorder.
  
  
• According to Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), working cost of these kits is less than ₹50 in comparison to existing conventional test for the diseases that costs around ₹4,000 to ₹10,000.”
  
  
• Patients with severe Haemophilia A or VWD can have life threatening spontaneous or post-traumatic bleeding like brain haemorrhage and gastrointestinal bleed or they may have bleeding into joints or superficial bleeding from the nose or gums.