In India, Drugs for COVID Are Being Tested, Approved in Ways That Should Worry Us
In India, Drugs for COVID Are Being Tested, Approved in Ways That Should Worry Us 25/05/2021 Representative photo: analuisa gamboa/Unsplash Mumbai: Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic last year, researchers around the world have evaluated scores of drugs and therapeutic techniques for the disease. Even according to the Clinical Trial Registry of India (CTRI), researchers in the country are testing everything from inhaled camphor and ajwain to Viagra. This may be desperation, given the brutality of India’s second COVID-19 outbreak. It is also worthwhile in more ways than one ...