History

In 1972, a startup company called DESAI LABORATORIES was founded by a pathologist, Dr. Pradip K Desai with a goal to indigenously develop and manufacture a comprehensive range of diagnostic reagents needed by Clinical Pathology laboratories. In 1976, the company was reorganised as Span Diagnostics with an emphasis on in-house R&D and to develop more and more products. Span became the first Indian company to manufacture such products indigenously, offering economical and high-quality import substitution, keeping the customer needs in focus and quality under constant vigil. The initial efforts yielded success and Span became private limited company in 1981 and eventually public limited company in 1994.

Concurrently, Span emerged as a leader in Indian In-vitro Diagnostics market. Span maintained a pace with global trends throughout its journey and with  constant innovation, sheer commitment and ethical business practices, was able to establish itself as a name to reckon with in the field of In-Vitro Diagnostics (IVD) Industry in India and in the world.