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Cell Research Lists Eight Effective Antiviral Drugs Against 'Omicron'

1/26/2022, 2:09:11 AM

The scientific journal Cell Research, citing the results of a study by scientists from the University of Kent and Frankfurt, named eight antiviral drugs that most effectively resist the COVID-19 omicron strain.

According to the study, the most effective antiviral drugs are EIDD-1931 (active metabolite of molnupiravir. -

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), ribavirin, remdesivir, favipravir, PF-07321332 (nirmatrelvir, the active ingredient of paxlovid), nafamostat, camostat and aprotinin.

Previously Director of the Center

Gamalei Alexander Gintsburg in an interview with RT explained the high virus-neutralizing activity of Sputnik V against Omicron.

Director of the Scientific Information Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Viral Infections, Georgy Vikulov, in an interview with NSN, commented on the situation with the pandemic against the backdrop of the spread of the omicron strain of coronavirus.