CORONA VIRUS INDIA

Two Mumbai companies step up work on COVID-19 drug helping in recovery

Mumbai-based BDR Pharma, which makes anti-HIV and Hepatitis C medication, and LASA Supergenerics, an active pharmaceutical ingredient maker, are betting that the drug works. While BDR has started lab work to get the initial samples out, it has several hurdles to cross before the product hits the market, the biggest being getting the actual reference product shipped from China.