[HTML][HTML] Role of favipiravir in the treatment of COVID-19

S Joshi, J Parkar, A Ansari, A Vora, D Talwar… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) outbreak all over the world has led the
researchers to strive to develop drugs or vaccines to prevent or halt the progression of this …

[HTML][HTML] Immune response in COVID-19: A review

MA Chowdhury, N Hossain, MA Kashem… - Journal of infection and …, 2020 - Elsevier
The immune system protects us from viruses and diseases. It produces an antibody to kill
pathogen. This review shows a brief picture about the immune system to protect us from …

COVID-19: unmasking emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants, vaccines and therapeutic strategies

R Raman, KJ Patel, K Ranjan - Biomolecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the etiological agent of
the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, which has been a topic of major …

Candidate drugs against SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19

DL McKee, A Sternberg, U Stange, S Laufer… - Pharmacological …, 2020 - Elsevier
Outbreak and pandemic of coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 in 2019/2020 will challenge global
health for the future. Because a vaccine against the virus will not be available in the near …

Favipiravir, an anti-influenza drug against life-threatening RNA virus infections

K Shiraki, T Daikoku - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2020 - Elsevier
Favipiravir has been developed as an anti-influenza drug and licensed as an anti-influenza
drug in Japan. Additionally, favipiravir is being stockpiled for 2 million people as a …

Favipiravir: A new and emerging antiviral option in COVID-19

U Agrawal, R Raju, ZF Udwadia - Medical Journal Armed Forces India, 2020 - Elsevier
With over 16 million cases reported from across the globe, the SARS-CoV-2, a mere 125
microns in diameter, has left an indelible impact on our world. With the paucity of new drugs …

Favipiravir: pharmacokinetics and concerns about clinical trials for 2019‐nCoV infection

YX Du, XP Chen - Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
An outbreak of 2019‐nCoV infection has spread across the world. No specific antiviral drugs
have been approved for the treatment of COVID‐2019. In addition to the recommended …

Antiviral treatment of COVID-19

S Yavuz, S Ünal - Turkish journal of medical sciences, 2020 - journals.tubitak.gov.tr
Currently, there is not any specific effective antiviral treatment for COVID-19. Although most
of the COVID-19 patients have mild or moderate courses, up to 5%-10% can have severe …

[HTML][HTML] Developing therapeutic approaches for twenty-first-century emerging infectious viral diseases

RM Meganck, RS Baric - Nature medicine, 2021 - nature.com
The twenty-first century has already recorded more than ten major epidemic or pandemic
virus emergence events, including the ongoing and devastating coronavirus disease 2019 …

Current status of potential therapeutic candidates for the COVID-19 crisis

J Zhang, B Xie, K Hashimoto - Brain, behavior, and immunity, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract As of April 15, 2020, the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-2019)
pandemic has swept through 213 countries and infected more than 1,870,000 individuals …