antivirals

A new study has identified potential broad-spectrum antiviral agents that can target multiple families of RNA viruses that continue to pose a significant threat for future pandemics. The study, led by Gustavo Garcia Jr. in the UCLA…

Tribune News Service Aditi Tandon New Delhi, September 13 Four key anti-cancer drugs and four patented antivirals used in the treatment of…

The Covid-19 pill from Pfizer Inc. failed to prevent symptomatic infections in adults who had been exposed to the pandemic virus, a late-stage study found. Pfizer said Friday…

The antiviral therapies remdesivir, molnupiravir, and the active ingredient in Pfizer's Paxlovid pill (nirmatrelvir), remain effective in laboratory tests against the BA.2 variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. The BA.2…

Researchers at Henry Ford Health System, as part of a national hepatitis C collaborative, report that patients with chronic hepatitis C who are treated with direct-acting antiviral medicines are less likely to be hospitalized or seek…

Adding baloxavir marboxil (Xofluza) to neuraminidase inhibitors (NAIs), like oseltamivir (Tamiflu), was no better for preventing severe outcomes…

The first Covid-19 antiviral pills that can be taken at home are a new treatment option for infected people, but they carry safety warnings and limitations that could complicate treatment decisions for patients, doctors and pharmacists.In…

U.S. regulators cleared use of a Covid-19 pill from Merck MRK -0.55% & Co. and partner Ridgeback Biotherapeutics LP, the latest easy-to-use therapy that infected people can take to…

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute and University of Dundee have screened thousands of drug and chemical molecules and identified a range of potential antivirals that could be developed into new treatments for COVID-19 or in…