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Anti-diabetic drug can be re-purposed as Covid treatment: Study
Sat, Jul 03 2021 10:09:13 AM
Hyderabad, Jul 3 (IANS): Amid the rush to develop cures for the coronavirus, a study by a University of Hyderabad (UoH) incubated startup, has discovered that an anti-diabetic drug has potential use as a ready to use, cost-effective solution for safely treating Covid patients.
In-vitro and in-silico studies conducted by ReaGene Innovations Private Limited, a startup company incubated at the ASPIRE-BioNEST, and INDRAS Private Limited, indicate that re-purposing the anti-diabetic drug Ertugliflozin, might provide a therapeutic solution to the Covid-19 infection.
Ertugliflozin, an FDA-approved drug for type-2 diabetes, works as SGLT-2 inhibitor by removing excessive glucose through urine.
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