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2-DG anti-COVID-19 drug price has been fixed at Rs 990 per sachet.
Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said that 10,000 sachets of 2-DG will be available in the market from Thursday (May 27).
earlier, Dr Reddy s had stated that the anti-COVID-19 drug is expected to launch in the market by mid-June.
New Delhi: Dr Reddy’s has fixed the price of DRDO’s 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG) anti-COVID-19 drug at Rs 990 per sachet.
The price of DRDO’s 2DG anti-COVID 19 drug has been kept at Rs 990 per sachet by Dr Reddy’s lab. Govt hospitals, central and state govt would be provided the medicine at a discounted price: Govt officials pic.twitter.com/FEic70fSq5
: Friday, May 28, 2021, 1:55 PM IST
DRDOâs 2-DG anti-COVID-19 drug to be available for Rs 990 per sachet, hospitals to get discount
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The price of DRDOâs 2DG anti-COVID 19 drug has been fixed at Rs 990 per sachet by pharma major Dr Reddyâs Laboratories, government officials told news agency ANI.
The government officials said the central and state government hospitals would be provided with the medicine at a discounted price, reported ANI.
The price of DRDOâÂÂs 2DG anti-COVID 19 drug has been kept at Rs 990 per sachet by Dr ReddyâÂÂs lab. Govt hospitals, central and state govt would be provided the medicine at a discounted price: Govt officials pic.twitter.com/FEic70fSq5 ANI (@ANI) May 28, 2021
The Defence Research and Development Organisation’s 2DG drug for the treatment of Covid-19 has been priced at Rs 990 per sachet by Dr Reddy’s Lab. The drug will be provided to government hospitals at a discounted price, ANI quoted government officials as saying. Earlier, defence minister Rajnath Singh had informed 10,000 sachets of the 2DG drug would be available in the market from Thursday (May 27, 2021). The first batch of the drug will be available only in AIIMS, Armed Forces Hospitals, DRDO hospitals, and other places in need. It will be available in other hospitals in June.
DRDO Chairperson G Satheesh Reddy had said that 2DG should work against various strains of the COVID-19 virus.
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