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    Anti-coronavirus drug Molnupiravir: What is the prospect of Merck’s new drug?

    • Last Update: 2021-08-12
    • Source: Internet
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    International pharmaceutical giants such as AstraZeneca have developed new crown vaccines that have attracted attention


    Mopivir is an oral antiviral drug

    Mopivir is an oral antiviral drug

    Molnupiravir, before today, has always had this English name, here we can transliterate it as: "Mopivir", which is more convenient for everyone to understand


    Figure 1 Molecular formula of Molnupiravir

    Mopeville can reduce the death rate of the new crown

    Mopeville can reduce the death rate of the new crown

    Mopivir was originally designed as a flu drug, and even used clinically as a flu drug


    Moupivir's oral dosage regimen

    Moupivir's oral dosage regimen

    In current clinical trials, the dosage regimen of Mupivir is: 400 mg twice a day, without hospitalization, directly applied to outpatients


    Advantages of using oral drugs to treat the new crown

    Advantages of using oral drugs to treat the new crown

    Generally speaking, most acute viral infections are self-limiting diseases and do not require treatment.


    Nevertheless, there is still a class of small molecule antiviral drugs that have achieved decisive efficacy in acute infections


    summary

    summary

    In short, Mupivir is a new type of potent ribonucleoside analog, which can inhibit the replication of a variety of RNA viruses including SARS-CoV-2


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