COVID-19 therapeutics for nonhospitalized patients

RT Gandhi, PN Malani, C Del Rio - Jama, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Substantial progresshas been made in therapeutics for nonhospitalizedpatientswithCOVID-
19, butsupplyofand access to treatment remain limited. This Viewpoint summarizes currently …

[HTML][HTML] Remdesivir, Molnupiravir and Nirmatrelvir remain active against SARS-CoV-2 Omicron and other variants of concern

L Vangeel, W Chiu, S De Jonghe, P Maes, B Slechten… - Antiviral research, 2022 - Elsevier
We assessed the in vitro antiviral activity of remdesivir and its parent nucleoside GS-441524,
molnupiravir and its parent nucleoside EIDD-1931 and the viral protease inhibitor …

Nirmatrelvir, Molnupiravir, and Remdesivir maintain potent in vitro activity against the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant

R Rosales, BL McGovern, ML Rodriguez, DK Rai… - BioRxiv, 2022 - biorxiv.org
Variants of SARS-CoV-2 have become a major public health concern due to increased
transmissibility, and escape from natural immunity, vaccine protection, and monoclonal …

New perspectives on antimicrobial agents: molnupiravir and nirmatrelvir/ritonavir for treatment of COVID-19

RL Atmar, N Finch - Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) has emerged to cause
pandemic respiratory disease in the past 2 years, leading to significant worldwide morbidity …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant is highly sensitive to molnupiravir, nirmatrelvir, and the combination

P Li, Y Wang, M Lavrijsen, MM Lamers, AC de Vries… - Cell research, 2022 - nature.com
Dear Editor, Since the first outbreak in late 2019, the RNA genome of SARS-CoV-2 has
been undergoing constant evolution. This is largely attributed to the viral polymerase that is …

[HTML][HTML] The emergence of powerful oral anti-COVID-19 drugs in the post-vaccine era

H Fan, F Lou, J Fan, M Li, Y Tong - The Lancet Microbe, 2022 - thelancet.com
The quest for effective drugs to treat COVID-19 has been a priority since the outbreak of the
disease. The clinical application of remdesivir has been greatly restricted by the need for …

[HTML][HTML] Insights into antiviral mechanisms of remdesivir, lopinavir/ritonavir and chloroquine/hydroxychloroquine affecting the new SARS-CoV-2

K Uzunova, E Filipova, V Pavlova, T Vekov - Biomedicine & …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a kind of viral pneumonia with an unusual
outbreak in Wuhan, China, which is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome …

[HTML][HTML] Oral antivirals for the prevention and treatment of SARS-CoV-2 infection

V Soriano, C De-Mendoza, B Edagwa, A Treviño… - AIDS …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Vaccines and antivirals are the classical weapons deployed to contain, prevent, and treat life-
threatening viral illnesses. Specifically, for SARS-CoV-2 infection, vaccines protect against …

Treating Acute Covid-19—Final Chapters Still Unwritten

RT Gandhi, M Hirsch - New England Journal of Medicine, 2024 - Mass Medical Soc
Nirmatrelvir–ritonavir (Paxlovid [Pfizer]) is used as first-line therapy for nonhospitalized
persons with Covid-191 on the basis of the results of the Evaluation of Protease Inhibition for …

[HTML][HTML] Preclinical evaluation of the SARS-CoV-2 Mpro inhibitor RAY1216 shows improved pharmacokinetics compared with nirmatrelvir

X Chen, X Huang, Q Ma, P Kuzmič, B Zhou… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Although vaccines are available for SARS-CoV-2, antiviral drugs such as nirmatrelvir are still
needed, particularly for individuals in whom vaccines are less effective, such as the …