杜雷米德维尔和Simnotrelvir-Ritonavir用于治疗COVID-19的治疗方法

Ke-Wei Zhu1

  • 1Office of Pharmacovigilance, Guangzhou Baiyunshan Pharmaceutical Holding Co., Ltd. Baiyunshan Pharmaceutical General Factory, Guangzhou 510515, China.

概括

现在,两种新的口服抗病毒药物 - - 杜雷米德维尔和西蒙特雷尔维尔 - - 里托纳维尔 - - 已被批准用于治疗轻度至中度的COVID-19. 临床试验表明,这两种小分子药物对SARS-CoV-2有效且耐受良好.

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