The first Chinese oral anti-COVID-19 drug Azvudine launched

B Yu, J Chang - The Innovation, 2022 - cell.com
Since the emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) at
the end of 2019, thousands of SARS-CoV-2 mutations have been increasingly observed …

Exploring nucleoside analogs: key targets in the viral life cycle-advancing strategies against SARS-CoV-2

R Garg, R Kumar, R Srivastava… - Medicinal Chemistry …, 2024 - Springer
The COVID-19 pandemic has been a major reason behind the increased research aimed at
the identification of effective antiviral agents. Among these, Nucleoside analogs have shown …

Synergistic and antagonistic drug combinations against SARS-CoV-2

T Bobrowski, L Chen, RT Eastman, Z Itkin, P Shinn… - Molecular Therapy, 2021 - cell.com
Antiviral drug development for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is occurring at an
unprecedented pace, yet there are still limited therapeutic options for treating this disease …

Anti-covid-19 drug analogues: synthesis of novel pyrimidine thioglycosides as antiviral agents against SARS-COV-2 and avian influenza H5N1 viruses

MA Abu-Zaied, GH Elgemeie, NM Mahmoud - ACS omega, 2021 - ACS Publications
A class of pyrimidine thioglycoside analogs (6a–h) were synthesized from a reaction of 2-
cyano-3, 3-dimercapto-N-arylacrylamide (2a–d) and thiourea to produce the corresponding …

A Series of Adenosine Analogs as the First Efficacious Anti‐SARS‐CoV‐2 Drugs against the B. 1.1. 529.4 Lineage: A Preclinical Repurposing Research Study

AM Rabie, M Abdalla - ChemistrySelect, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Given the rapid progression of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic, an
ultrafast response was urgently required to handle this major public crisis. To contain the …

Preclinical characterization and anti-SARS-CoV-2 efficacy of ATV014: an oral cyclohexanecarboxylate prodrug of 1′-CN-4-aza-7, 9-dideazaadenosine C-nucleoside

Q Zhou, S Yang, L Cao, Y Yang, T Xu, Q Chen… - … and Targeted Therapy, 2023 - nature.com
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the causative agent of the
global pandemic coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), has proven itself to be a highly …

How Much Potential Do Nucleoside Analogs Offer to Combat Human Corona Viruses?

W Buchowicz, M Koszytkowska-Stawińska - Organics, 2024 - mdpi.com
Nucleoside analogs (NAs) have been extensively examined as plausible antiviral agents in
recent years, in particular since the outbreak of the global pandemic of COVID-19 in 2019. In …

Novel Tetrahydroisoquinoline-Based Heterocyclic Compounds Efficiently Inhibit SARS-CoV-2 Infection In Vitro

X Wang, NT Burdzhiev, H Hu, Y Li, J Li, VV Lozanova… - Viruses, 2023 - mdpi.com
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has caused over six million deaths and huge economic
burdens worldwide. Antivirals against its causative agent, SARS-CoV-2, are in urgent …

Human safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetics of molnupiravir, a novel broad-spectrum oral antiviral agent with activity against SARS-CoV-2

WP Painter, W Holman, JA Bush… - Antimicrobial agents …, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT Molnupiravir (EIDD-2801/MK-4482), the prodrug of the active antiviral
ribonucleoside analog β-d-N4-hydroxycytidine (NHC; EIDD-1931), has activity against a …

A phase 2a clinical trial of molnupiravir in patients with COVID-19 shows accelerated SARS-CoV-2 RNA clearance and elimination of infectious virus

WA Fischer, JJ Eron Jr, W Holman, MS Cohen… - Science translational …, 2021 - science.org
There is an urgent need for an effective, oral, direct-acting therapeutic to block transmission
of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and prevent progression …