Itolizumab, Biocon's drug with Cuban link, in hunt for COVID-19 breakthrough
It has been found that 'cytoskine storm' is the leading cause of deaths of COVID-19. Cytokines stimulate immune system to kill virus. But in COVID-19, the virus tricks our body to produce uncontrollable flood of cytokines, which while helping in fighting virus, also worsens a patient's condition.