** Creating black fungus drug was risky, says Udupi’s Srikanth Pai

Liposomal Amphotericin B has saved thousands of lives by helping people fight mucormycosis or black fungal infection, which has taken on an epidemic proportion during the second Covid wave.

One of the brains behind the wonder drug is Srikanth Annappa Pai, who hails from Gangolli in Udupi district.

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