Therapeutics for COVID-19

SS Toussi, JL Hammond, BS Gerstenberger… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Vaccines and monoclonal antibody treatments to prevent severe coronavirus disease 2019
(COVID-19) illness were available within a year of the pandemic being declared but there …

SARS-CoV-2 omicron variant: epidemiological features, biological characteristics, and clinical significance

Y Guo, J Han, Y Zhang, J He, W Yu, X Zhang… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The SARS-CoV-2 Omicron (B. 1.1529) variant was designated as a variant of concern (VOC)
by the World Health Organization (WHO) on November 26, 2021. Within two months, it had …

Targeting SARS-CoV-2 main protease for treatment of COVID-19: covalent inhibitors structure–activity relationship insights and evolution perspectives

G La Monica, A Bono, A Lauria… - Journal of medicinal …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The viral main protease is one of the most attractive targets among all key enzymes involved
in the SARS-CoV-2 life cycle. Covalent inhibition of the cysteine145 of SARS-CoV-2 MPRO …

Paxlovid: Mechanism of Action, Synthesis, and In Silico Study

M Marzi, MK Vakil, M Bahmanyar… - BioMed Research …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In this work, the discovery and description of PF‐07321332, a major bioavailable oral SARS‐
CoV‐2 protease inhibitor with in vitro human coronavirus antiviral activity, and excellent …

Structural basis for the in vitro efficacy of nirmatrelvir against SARS-CoV-2 variants

SE Greasley, S Noell, O Plotnikova, RA Ferre… - Journal of Biological …, 2022 - ASBMB
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to be a public health threat with emerging variants of
SARS-CoV-2. Nirmatrelvir (PF-07321332) is a reversible, covalent inhibitor targeting the …

The P132H mutation in the main protease of Omicron SARS-CoV-2 decreases thermal stability without compromising catalysis or small-molecule drug inhibition

MD Sacco, Y Hu, MV Gongora, F Meilleur, MT Kemp… - Cell research, 2022 - nature.com
Dear Editor, The ongoing SARS-CoV-2 pandemic continues to be a significant threat to
global health. First reported in November 2021, the Omicron variant (B. 1.1. 529) is more …

Molnupiravir: first approval

YY Syed - Drugs, 2022 - Springer
Molnupiravir (Lagevrio®) is an orally-administered antiviral prodrug that inhibits replication
of RNA viruses through viral error induction. It is being developed by Merck and Ridgeback …

[HTML][HTML] Combination therapy with nirmatrelvir and molnupiravir improves the survival of SARS-CoV-2 infected mice

JH Jeong, S Chokkakula, SC Min, BK Kim, WS Choi… - Antiviral research, 2022 - Elsevier
As the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic remains uncontrolled owing to the continuous emergence of
variants of concern, there is an immediate need to implement the most effective antiviral …

Genetic Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 Mpro Reveals High Sequence and Structural Conservation Prior to the Introduction of Protease Inhibitor Paxlovid

JT Lee, Q Yang, A Gribenko, BS Perrin Jr, Y Zhu… - Mbio, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) continues to represent a
global health emergency as a highly transmissible, airborne virus. An important coronaviral …

COVID-19 at a glance: An up-to-date overview on variants, drug design and therapies

D Iacopetta, J Ceramella, A Catalano, C Saturnino… - Viruses, 2022 - mdpi.com
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a member of the
Coronavirus family which caused the worldwide pandemic of human respiratory illness …