Oral Drug Blocks SARS-CoV-2 Transmission

[htk]

https://news.gsu.edu/2020/12/03/oral-drug-blocks-sars-cov-2-transmission-georgia-state-biomedical-sciences-researchers-find/

[asimjalis]

Headline should include "in ferrets".

Here is the source article: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41564-020-00835-2

[throwawaybutwhy → asimjalis]

Thank you. The drug is called Molnupiravir, sponsored by Ridgeback Biotherapeutics LP.

Relevant clinical trials:

https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04392219

https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04405739

[taraharris]

So does Ivermectin, and that's not encumbered by a patent. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXh1yflndVE