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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan released the first batch of 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG) drug made by DRDO and Dr Reddy.
DRDO Chairman Dr G Satheesh Reddy told ANI that DRDO and Dr Reddy’s lab had gone through the complete trials and conducted trials across 30 hospitals and on a large number of patients.
The first batch of 10,000 doses of 2DG medicine would be launched early next week, informed DRDO officials to ANI on Friday.
The drug comes in powder form in a sachet, which is taken orally by dissolving it in water. It accumulates in the virus-infected cells and prevents virus growth by stopping viral synthesis and energy production. Its selective accumulation in virally infected cells makes this drug unique.
