TIL: How Effective Are The New COVID-19 Treatments? Indian and international regulators have approved a monoclonal antibody cocktail and the drug tocilizumab for Covid-19 treatment, but only India has approved the use of 2-deoxy-D-glucose. By Print Chandigarh: On July 6, 2021, the World Health Organization (WHO) approved two rheumatoid arthritis drugs, tocilizumab and sarilumab, to treat Covid-19. "These are the first drugs found to be effective against COVID-19 since corticosteroids were said in a press release. Tocilizumab has been part of India's guidelines since June 2020, as an investigational therapy for Covid-19. In May 2021, the Indian government also approved two new Covid-19 treatments for emergency use: a