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Coronavirus puts drug repurposing on the fast track

Existing antivirals and knowledge gained from the SARS and MERS outbreaks gain traction as the fastest route to fight the current coronavirus epidemic.
  1. Charlotte Harrison

    1. Canterbury, UK

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China’s biotech companies have been gearing up to repurpose existing drugs, approved in the West for other viruses, as treatments for the coronavirus outbreak originating in Wuhan.

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Nature Biotechnology 38, 379-381 (2020)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41587-020-00003-1

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