Updated: The drug helps COVID-19 patients get over dependence on supplemental oxygen support Share Article AAA Lt. Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan arriving with COVID-19 materials from Telangana on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: HANDOUT E MAIL The drug helps COVID-19 patients get over dependence on supplemental oxygen support Soon, doctors treating COVID-19 patients in Puducherry will have a new drug in their armamentarium — the 2DG or deoxy-D-glucose, indigenously and jointly developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Dr. Reddy's Laboratories in Hyderabad. Lt. Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan, who returned from Telangana late on Tuesday with a few samples of the drug, said 2DG is expected to be made available in Puducherry in a week or two when nation-wide distribution begins.