Source: ANI New Delhi: Dr Sudhir Chandna, Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences (INMAS) scientist has said the recently approved anti-COVID-19 drug 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG) is completely safe and will help patients recover faster. "During clinical trials, it has yielded an effective result in curing patients infected with COVID-19. The medicine has gone through clinical trials on around 110 patients in the second phase. In the third phase, it was tried on 220 patients. It has shown better efficacy in phase two itself as compared to the standard care," Dr Chandna said. "Recovery was two to three days faster for COVID-19 patients," he added.