India's drug regulator approves DRDO's anti-Covid drug for emergency use

The drug speeds up recovery of hospitalised patients and reduces supplemental oxygen dependence - the big killer in the current phase of the pandemic

The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), in collaboration with Dr Reddy’s Laboratories (DRL), Hyderabad, has announced the development of an anti-Covid-19 drug that speeds up recovery of hospitalised patients and reduces supplemental oxygen dependence – the big killer in the current phase of the pandemic.

“In the ongoing second Covid-19 wave, a large number of patients are facing severe oxygen dependency and need hospitalisation. The drug is expected to save precious lives due to the mechanism of operation of the drug in infected cells. This also reduces the hospital stay of Covid-19 patients,” stated the Ministry of Defence (MoD) on