A Running List Of Covid-19 Treatments And Vaccines In Development

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which is is a positive sense, single stranded RNA beta coronavirus, a member of Beta-CoV lineage B (subgenus Sarbecovirus).

COVID-19 represents a global health threat and it is a serious driver of possible economic crisis, so curbing the current ongoing outbreak is the matter of top priority for most health organizations and biotech companies.

In order to follow the quick pace of progress in the area of coronavirus treatments and vaccines development we decided to create and maintain a list of key programs and projects, with data about companies and specific clinical trials where available.

The majority of molecules in the below list represent the case of so-called drug repurposing, when a molecule has prior known activity against some other indication. Drug repurposing is the most efficient option to come up with a new cure quickly -- a lot of safety data and other studies outcomes are already available for the molecule which allows to substantially accelerate the drug development process.

Most of the potential treatments against the coronavirus Covid-19 fall within two categories: treatments for the respiratory symptoms, and inhibitors of the viral growth.

Vaccines are meant to create prior immunity in a patient, and are meant to prevent future disease risks. Much as important they are to tackle the coronavirus problem in general, they will take substantially longer time to develop (over half-a-year vs several months for a suitable repurposing candidate), therefore they are considered more of a future long-term strategy, rather than an emergency measure to fight the ongoing coronavirus outbreak.

Disclaimer: This post is not medical advice of any kind, it is meant exclusively to communicate research news about current biopharmaceutical efforts globally. Please, consult with your doctor for any treatments or medications at all times.

Editor’s note: while we are trying hard to update this list frequently to keep it up-to-date, the area is changing fast and new information arrives constantly, so we can’t guarantee the completeness or freshness of the information in future.

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