Preventive and therapeutic benefits of nelfinavir in rhesus macaques and human beings infected with SARS-CoV-2

Abstract Effective drugs with broad spectrum safety profile to all people are highly expected to combat COVID-19 caused by SARS-CoV-2. Here we report that nelfinavir, an FDA approved drug for the treatment of HIV infection, is effective against SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19. Preincubation of nelfinavir co...

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Published in:	Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy
Main Authors:	Zhijian Xu, Danrong Shi, Jian-Bao Han, Yun Ling, Xiangrui Jiang, Xiangyun Lu, Chuan Li, Likun Gong, Guangbo Ge, Yani Zhang, Yi Zang, Tian-Zhang Song, Xiao-Li Feng, Ren-Rong Tian, Jia Ji, Miaojin Zhu, Nanping Wu, Chunhui Wu, Zhen Wang, Yechun Xu, Cheng Peng, Min Zheng, Junling Yang, Feifei Du, Junliang Wu, Peipei Wang, Jingshan Shen, Jianliang Zhang, Yong-Tang Zheng, Hangping Yao, Weiliang Zhu
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Nature Publishing Group 2023-04-01
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41392-023-01429-0