Covid19: 2DG sachet to be available at Rs. 990, Sputnic vaccine jab at Rs. 1195

Gandhinagar: Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) developed anti-Covid-19 drug 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG) will be sold at the price of Rs. 990 per sachet by Dr Reddy’s Laboratories (DRL), officials told news agency ANI on Friday. The medicine to Centre and state government will be provided at a discounted price. 2-DG drug comes in powder form in the sachet, which is taken orally by dissolving it in water.

In separate development Apollo Group of Hospitals has announced that it will start administering the Russian Covid-19 vaccine Sputnik V, across its hospitals in India from the second week of June, at an estimated price of Rs. 1,195 per dose (Rs. 995 for the vaccine and Rs. 200 would be administration charges). DeshGujarat