2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG) drug for the treatment of moderate to severe Covid-19 cases will be launched next week, the Defence Research and Development Organisation has said."The first batch of 10,000 doses of 2-DG medicine for the treatment of Covid-19 infected patients would be launched early next week and will be given to patients," a DRDO official was quoted as saying by news agency ANI."The drug manufacturers are working on ramping up the production of the medicine for future use.
The drug has been developed by a team of DRDO scientists including Dr Anant Narayan Bhatt," the official added.The drug has been developed by the DRDO lab Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences in collaboration with Dr Reddy’s Laboratories.It will be.