21 May 2021,

ICMR Director-General Balram Bhargava on Thursday said DRDO’s anti-COVID-19 drug 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG) is not a new medicine but a “repurposed” one. He stated that the drug was earlier used for cancer treatment.

आसानी से निकला जा सकता है डिप्रेशन (Depression) से || Dr. Salila Tiwari ||

“Its trial results have been given to Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI),” the ICMR chief added. The oral drug was cleared for emergency use on May 8.

-NAV GILL