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ArticleAntimicrobial agents and chemotherapy2025

Potent antiviral activity of simnotrelvir against key epidemic SARS-CoV-2 variants with a high resistance barrier.

Liwei Zhao, Chuang Li, Mengyu Wang, Minyun Zhou, Lei Jiang, Wanying Zhang, Jie Yu, Wei Wang, Kangping Zhou, Kai Pan and 7 more

Abstract read
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Article in Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors.

Liwei Zhao *Department of Laboratory Medicine, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital Clinical College of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
Chuang Li *Department of Laboratory Medicine, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital Clinical College of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.ORCID 0009-0003-3656-2187
Mengyu Wang *Jiangsu Simcere Pharmaceutical Company Limited, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
Minyun ZhouJiangsu Simcere Pharmaceutical Company Limited, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
Lei JiangSimcere Zaiming Pharmaceutical Company Limited, Shanghai, China.
Wanying ZhangDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital Clinical College of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
Jie YuDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
Wei WangJiangsu Simcere Pharmaceutical Company Limited, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
Kangping ZhouHubei Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
Kai PanHubei Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
Hoi-Yan LamDepartment of Microbiology, State Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases, Carol Yu Centre for Infection,The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Ivan Fan-Ngai HungDepartment of Microbiology, State Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases, Carol Yu Centre for Infection,The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Kwok-Hung ChanDepartment of Microbiology, State Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases, Carol Yu Centre for Infection,The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Lian LiuJiangsu Simcere Pharmaceutical Company Limited, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
Feng WangJiangsu Simcere Pharmaceutical Company Limited, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
Xiaofeng ZhaoJiangsu Simcere Pharmaceutical Company Limited, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.ORCID 0009-0003-0357-7972
Yuxin ChenDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital Clinical College of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.ORCID 0000-0001-5955-687X

Funding

National Key Research and Development Program of China 2023YFC2309100National Natural Science Foundation of China 92269118, 92269205, 92369117Project of Chinese Hospital Reform and Development Institute NDYG2022003Scientific Rsearch Project of Jiangsu Health Comission M2022013
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Simnotrelvir is an oral small-molecule antiviral agent targeting the 3C-like protease (3CL

Indexed as

Antiviral AgentsCOVID-19 Drug TreatmentDrug Resistance, ViralSARS-CoV-2AnimalsChlorocebus aethiopsCoronavirus 3C ProteasesCOVID-19HumansLactamsLeucineMutationNitrilesOrganic ChemicalsOxadiazolesProline3C-like proteinase, SARS-CoV-2Antiviral AgentsCoronavirus 3C ProteasesLactamsLeucinenirmatrelvirNitrilesOrganic ChemicalsOxadiazolesProlineSIM04173C-like proteaseantiviral efficacyantiviral resistanceSARS-CoV-2simnotrelvir

Identifiers

PMID40062859
PMCPMC11963564

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