Antiviral efficacy of molnupiravir for COVID-19 treatment

Y Bai, M Shen, L Zhang - Viruses, 2022 - mdpi.com
The ongoing global pandemic of COVID-19 poses unprecedented public health risks for
governments and societies around the world, which have been exacerbated by the …

Treating SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant infection by molnupiravir for pandemic mitigation and living with the virus: a mathematical modeling study

Q Zheng, C Bao, Y Ji, P Li, Z Ma, X Wang, Q Meng… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Treating severe COVID-19 patients and controlling the spread of SARS-CoV-2 are
concurrently important in mitigating the pandemic. Classically, antiviral drugs are primarily …

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 …

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

WP Painter, W Holman, JA Bush, F Almazedi, H Malik… - medrxiv, 2020 - medrxiv.org
Abstract Molnupiravir, EIDD-2801/MK-4482, the prodrug of the ribonucleoside analog ß-d-
N4-hydroxycytidine (NHC), has activity against a number of RNA viruses including severe …

What will be the role of molnupiravir in the treatment of COVID-19 infection?

A Vitiello, V Troiano, R La Porta - Drugs & Therapy Perspectives, 2021 - Springer
The global COVID-19 pandemic is currently underway. To date, there are approximately
4.55 million deaths and 219 million people infected [1]. The massive vaccination campaign …

Optimal dose and safety of molnupiravir in patients with early SARS-CoV-2: a Phase I, open-label, dose-escalating, randomized controlled study

SH Khoo, R Fitzgerald, T Fletcher… - Journal of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Objectives AGILE is a Phase Ib/IIa platform for rapidly evaluating COVID-19 treatments. In
this trial (NCT04746183) we evaluated the safety and optimal dose of molnupiravir in …

Population pharmacokinetics of molnupiravir in adults with COVID‐19: lack of clinically important exposure variation across individuals

S Bihorel, Y Cao, A Chawla, R Birger… - CPT …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Effective antiviral treatments for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) are needed to
reduce the morbidity and mortality associated with severe acute respiratory syndrome …

Why molnupiravir fails in hospitalized patients

AN Brown, Y Lang, J Zhou, EJ Franco, KC Hanrahan… - Mbio, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the causative agent of
coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), has radically altered daily life. Effective antiviral …

What impact can molnupiravir have on the treatment of SARS-CoV-2 infection?

F Kayali, MST Leung, W Wong… - Expert Opinion on …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, caused by the spread of the severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), marked its debut in 2019. To date, this …

Molnupiravir—a novel oral anti-SARS-CoV-2 agent

CC Lee, CC Hsieh, WC Ko - Antibiotics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Since December 2019, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has
rapidly resulted in a global pandemic with approximately 4 million deaths. Effective oral …