Oral bioactive self-nanoemulsifying drug delivery systems of remdesivir and baricitinib: a paradigmatic case of drug repositioning for cancer management

M Kazi, Y Alanazi, A Kumar, AAW Shahba… - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Oral anticancer therapy mostly faces the challenges of low aqueous solubility, poor and
irregular absorption from the gastrointestinal tract, food-influenced absorption, high first-pass …

Progress, pitfalls, and path forward of drug repurposing for COVID-19 treatment

NS Taibe, MA Kord, MA Badawy… - Therapeutic …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
On 30 January 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the novel severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) epidemic a public health emergency of …

Remdesivir and its combination with repurposed drugs as COVID-19 therapeutics

B Chatterjee, SS Thakur - Frontiers in Immunology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The SARS-CoV-2 virus needs multiple copies for its multiplication using an enzyme RNA-
dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp). Remdesivir inhibits viral RdRp, controls the …

Differential Bioactivation Profiles of Different GS-441524 Prodrugs in Cell and Mouse Models: ProTide Prodrugs with High Cell Permeability and Susceptibility to …

J Li, DM de Melo Jorge, W Wang, S Sun… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2024 - ACS Publications
We assessed factors that determine the tissue-specific bioactivation of ProTide prodrugs by
comparing the disposition and activation of remdesivir (RDV), its methylpropyl and isopropyl …

Use of antiviral agents and other therapies for COVID-19

MAT Blaskovich, AD Verderosa - Seminars in Respiratory and …, 2023 - thieme-connect.com
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic led to a remarkably rapid
development of a range of effective prophylactic vaccines, including new technologies that …

[HTML][HTML] Ferrets: A powerful model of SARS-CoV-2

Y Zhao, CL Wang, ZY Gao, HX Qiao, WJ Wang… - Zoological …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The rapid spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in
recent years not only caused a global pandemic but resulted in enormous social, economic …

Remdesivir: an overview of patenting trends, clinical evidence on COVID-19 treatment, pharmacology and chemistry

SG Viveiros Rosa, WC Santos - Pharmaceutical Patent Analyst, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
By December 2021, the COVID-19 caused approximately 6.1 million deaths around the
world. Several vaccines have been approved, but there is still a need for non-prophylactic …

Virucidal activity of the pyridobenzothiazolone derivative heE1-17Y against enveloped RNA viruses

R Milan Bonotto, F Bonì, M Milani, A Chaves-Sanjuan… - Viruses, 2022 - mdpi.com
Pyridobenzothiazolone derivatives are a promising class of broad-spectrum antivirals.
However, the mode of action of these compounds remains poorly understood. The HeE1 …

Preclinical characterization of a non-peptidomimetic HIV protease inhibitor with improved metabolic stability

A Mulato, E Lansdon, R Aoyama, J Voigt… - Antimicrobial Agents …, 2024 - Am Soc Microbiol
Protease inhibitors (PIs) remain an important component of antiretroviral therapy for the
treatment of HIV-1 infection due to their high genetic barrier to resistance development …

4′-Fluorouridine Is a Broad-Spectrum Orally Available First-Line Antiviral That May Improve Pandemic Preparedness

CM Lieber, RK Plemper - DNA and Cell Biology, 2022 - liebertpub.com
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the urgent need for the development of broad-
spectrum antivirals to enhance preparedness against future spillover of zoonotic viruses with …