India's Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) comes up with a COVID drug

Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has Okayed the anti-covid drug [ 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG)] developed by DRDO for emergency use.

What does it do?

Reduced hospital stay dependency and lowered oxygen requirement leading to faster recovery.

Who makes them?

"2-DG has been developed by INMAS, a lab of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), in collaboration with Dr Reddy's Laboratories (DRL), Hyderabad."

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