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DRDO's 2-DG was Found to be Safe in COVID-19 Patients: Govt
The patients treated with 2-DG showed faster symptomatic cure than Standard of Care (SoC) on various endpoints
| 18 May 2021 8:07 AM GMT
New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Monday released the first batch of the developed anti- COVID-19 drug, 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG). Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI), the national drug regulator, had cleared the formulation on May 1 for emergency use as an adjunct therapy in moderate to severe COVID-19 patients.
The Ministry of Defence had said in a release earlier this month that 2-DG has been developed by the Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences (INMAS), New Delhi, a lab of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), in collaboration with Dr Reddy's Laboratories.
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