[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant: recent progress and future perspectives

Y Fan, X Li, L Zhang, S Wan, L Zhang… - Signal transduction and …, 2022 - nature.com
Since the outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, there have been
a few variants of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), one of …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

Real-world effectiveness of molnupiravir and nirmatrelvir plus ritonavir against mortality, hospitalisation, and in-hospital outcomes among community-dwelling …

CKH Wong, ICH Au, KTK Lau, EHY Lau, BJ Cowling… - The Lancet, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background Little is known about the real-world effectiveness of oral antivirals against the
SARS-CoV-2 omicron (B. 1.1. 529) variant. We aimed to assess the clinical effectiveness of …

[HTML][HTML] Nirmatrelvir use and severe Covid-19 outcomes during the Omicron surge

R Arbel, Y Wolff Sagy, M Hoshen, E Battat… - … England Journal of …, 2022 - Mass Medical Soc
Background The oral protease inhibitor nirmatrelvir has shown substantial efficacy in high-
risk, unvaccinated patients infected with the B. 1.617. 2 (delta) variant of severe acute …

[HTML][HTML] Real-world effectiveness of early molnupiravir or nirmatrelvir–ritonavir in hospitalised patients with COVID-19 without supplemental oxygen requirement on …

CKH Wong, ICH Au, KTK Lau, EHY Lau… - The Lancet Infectious …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background Data on the effectiveness of oral antivirals in patients with mild-to-moderate
COVID-19 are urgently needed. This retrospective cohort study aimed to evaluate the …

Nirmatrelvir-resistant SARS-CoV-2 variants with high fitness in an infectious cell culture system

Y Zhou, KA Gammeltoft, LA Ryberg, LV Pham… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
The oral protease inhibitor nirmatrelvir is of key importance for prevention of severe
coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). To facilitate resistance monitoring, we studied …

SARS‐CoV‐2 variants and vulnerability at the global level

VP Chavda, AB Patel… - Journal of medical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Numerous variants of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2)
pandemic have evolved. Viral variants may evolve with harmful susceptibility to the immunity …

[HTML][HTML] Omicron variant (B. 1.1. 529) and its sublineages: What do we know so far amid the emergence of recombinant variants of SARS-CoV-2?

M Dhawan, ARA Saied, S Mitra, FA Alhumaydhi… - Biomedicine & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, numerous variants of SARS-CoV-2 have been
reported worldwide. The advent of variants of concern (VOCs) raises severe concerns amid …

[HTML][HTML] Paxlovid (Nirmatrelvir/Ritonavir): A new approach to Covid-19 therapy?

SMR Hashemian, A Sheida, M Taghizadieh… - Biomedicine & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Despite the need for novel, effective therapeutics for the COVID-19 pandemic, no curative
regimen is yet available, therefore patients are forced to rely on supportive and nonspecific …

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 …