DRDO's anti-covid drug 2-DG launched; checkout efficacy, price, dosage
Anti-Covid oral drug has been developed by DRDO's leading laboratory -- Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences in collaboration with Dr Reddy's Laboratories
BusinessToday.In | May 17, 2021 | Updated 12:57 IST
Defence minister Rajnath Singh and health minister Harsh Vardhan. Photo Credit: ANI
Union defence minister Rajnath Singh today released the first batch of the anti-Covid-19 drug, 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG), which has been granted emergency approval by the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI). The anti-Covid oral drug has been developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation's (DRDO's) leading laboratory- Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences (INMAS) in collaboration with Dr Reddy's Laboratories.