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An orally bioavailable SARS-CoV-2 main protease inhibitor exhibits improved affinity and reduced sensitivity to mutations

Covalent Modifiers

We hypothesized that the covalent hepatitis C virus protease inhibitor boceprevir (BPV) could serve as the basis for orally bioavailable drugs that inhibit SARS-CoV-2 Mpro more efficiently than existing drugs.

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Lenacapavir Exhibits Atropisomerism - Mechanistic Pharmacokinetics and Disposition Studies of Lenacapavir Reveal Intestinal Excretion as a Major Clearance Pathway [Metabolism, Transport, and Pharmacogenetics]

ASPET

Lenacapavir (LEN), a long-acting injectable, is the first approved human immunodeficiency virus type 1 capsid inhibitor and one of a few FDA-approved drugs that exhibit atropisomerism.

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Pfizer to Acquire ReViral and Its Respiratory Syncytial Virus Therapeutic Candidates

The Pharma Data

announced today that the companies have entered into a definitive agreement under which Pfizer will acquire ReViral, a privately held, clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing, and commercializing novel antiviral therapeutics that target respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). NYSE: PFE) and ReViral Ltd.

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Optimizing your ELISA Assays | BMG LABTECH

BMG Labtech

ELISAs played a pivotal role in the early detection of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the virus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Specific areas where they have had a wide impact include virology , bacteriology, biotechnology , fungal biology, cancer and oncology (e.g.

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Korea approves Celltrion’s Phase 1 trial of COVID-19 antiviral antibody treatment

The Pharma Data

For its Korean trial, it has begun to enroll patients with mild symptoms of COVID-19, and the trial is designed to evaluate the safety, tolerability, efficacy, pharmacokinetics and immunogenicity of CT-P59.

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PHASE 1 STUDY OF NOVEL ORAL ANTIVIRAL THERAPEUTIC AGENT AGAINST SARS-COV-2

The Pharma Data

(NYSE: PFE) announced today that it is progressing to multiple ascending doses after completing the dosing of single ascending doses in a Phase 1 study in healthy adults to evaluate the safety and tolerability of an investigational, novel oral antiviral therapeutic for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.

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Selva Therapeutics Announces First Dosing in Phase 1 Clinical Study of SLV213, a Potential Oral Treatment for COVID-19

The Pharma Data

“As an orally bioavailable small molecule with broad antiviral activity, SLV213 could be a valuable treatment to meet today’s urgent need to fight COVID-19 as well other life-threatening infectious diseases, such as Chagas disease, Ebola virus disease, and Nipah virus infection.”.