Therapeutic treatment with an oral prodrug of the remdesivir parental nucleoside is protective against SARS-CoV-2 pathogenesis in mice

A Schäfer, DR Martinez, JJ Won, RM Meganck… - Science Translational …, 2022 - science.org
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic remains uncontrolled despite the
rapid rollout of safe and effective severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS …

Advantages of the parent nucleoside GS-441524 over remdesivir for Covid-19 treatment

VC Yan, FL Muller - ACS medicinal chemistry letters, 2020 - ACS Publications
While remdesivir has garnered much hope for its moderate anti-Covid-19 effects, its parent
nucleoside, GS-441524, has been overlooked. Pharmacokinetic analysis of remdesivir …

Oral prodrug of remdesivir parent GS-441524 is efficacious against SARS-CoV-2 in ferrets

RM Cox, JD Wolf, CM Lieber, J Sourimant… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Remdesivir is an antiviral approved for COVID-19 treatment, but its wider use is limited by
intravenous delivery. An orally bioavailable remdesivir analog may boost therapeutic benefit …

Remdesivir metabolite GS-441524 effectively inhibits SARS-CoV-2 infection in mouse models

Y Li, L Cao, G Li, F Cong, Y Li, J Sun… - Journal of medicinal …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has resulted in a global pandemic
due to the rapid spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) …

Compounds with therapeutic potential against novel respiratory 2019 coronavirus

MA Martinez - Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
Currently, the expansion of the novel human respiratory coronavirus (known as SARS-CoV-
2 [severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2], COVID-2019 [coronavirus disease …

Remdesivir inhibits SARS-CoV-2 in human lung cells and chimeric SARS-CoV expressing the SARS-CoV-2 RNA polymerase in mice

AJ Pruijssers, AS George, A Schäfer, SR Leist… - Cell reports, 2020 - cell.com
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the causative agent of
the novel viral disease COVID-19. With no approved therapies, this pandemic illustrates the …

A comparative analysis of remdesivir and other repurposed antivirals against SARS‐CoV‐2

A Simonis, SJ Theobald, G Fätkenheuer… - EMBO molecular …, 2021 - embopress.org
The ongoing SARS‐CoV‐2 pandemic stresses the need for effective antiviral drugs that can
quickly be applied in order to reduce morbidity, mortality, and ideally viral transmission. By …

Discovery of GS-5245 (obeldesivir), an oral prodrug of nucleoside GS-441524 that exhibits antiviral efficacy in SARS-CoV-2-infected African green monkeys

RL Mackman, RV Kalla, D Babusis, J Pitts… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Remdesivir 1 is an phosphoramidate prodrug that releases the monophosphate of
nucleoside GS-441524 (2) into lung cells, thereby forming the bioactive triphosphate 2-NTP …

In vitro selection of Remdesivir resistance suggests evolutionary predictability of SARS-CoV-2

AM Szemiel, A Merits, RJ Orton, OA MacLean… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Remdesivir (RDV), a broadly acting nucleoside analogue, is the only FDA approved small
molecule antiviral for the treatment of COVID-19 patients. To date, there are no reports …

[HTML][HTML] Remdesivir in adults with severe COVID-19: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicentre trial

Y Wang, D Zhang, G Du, R Du, J Zhao, Y Jin, S Fu… - The lancet, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background No specific antiviral drug has been proven effective for treatment of patients
with severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Remdesivir (GS-5734), a nucleoside …