Indian drugmaker Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd said on Friday it was trying a plant-determined medication, AQCH, for the potential treatment of COVID-19 as a major aspect of a mid-stage preliminary, with results expected by October.

AQCH is gotten from tropical, climbing bush cocculus hirsutus, which is utilized in Asia for its clear therapeutic properties.

The organization said the preliminary will be led across 12 focuses in India in 210 patients and a human wellbeing investigation of the medication has been finished.

"AQCH, which is being produced for dengue, has indicated expansive antiviral impact in-vitro examines and subsequently is being tried as a potential treatment alternative for COVID-19," the organization said in an announcement.

Drugmakers around the globe are hurrying to build up a treatment or antibody for the quick spreading novel coronavirus that has slaughtered more than 390,000 individuals and assaulted monetary markets.

Two other Indian organizations, Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd and Strides Pharma Science Ltd, are additionally leading preliminaries in India for potential COVID-19 medicines.

Sun Pharma got endorsement from the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) for the AQCH preliminary in April, information from the clinical preliminaries library of India appeared.

The drugmaker has additionally gotten DCGI endorsement to begin clinical preliminaries of pancreatitis sedate nafamostat mesilate in COVID-19 patients.