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ReviewBritish journal of pharmacology2020

A rational roadmap for SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 pharmacotherapeutic research and development: IUPHAR Review 29.

Steve P H Alexander, Jane F Armstrong, Anthony P Davenport, Jamie A Davies, Elena Faccenda, Simon D Harding, Francesca Levi-Schaffer, Janet J Maguire, Adam J Pawson, Christopher Southan and 1 more

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Review in British journal of pharmacology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 40 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

40 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Steve P H AlexanderChair, Nomenclature and Standards Committee of the International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology (NC-IUPHAR), School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-4417-497X
Jane F ArmstrongCurator, Guide to PHARMACOLOGY (GtoPdb), Deanery of Biomedical Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-0524-0260
Anthony P DavenportExecutive Committee, NC-IUPHAR, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-2096-3117
Jamie A DaviesPrincipal Investigator, Guide to PHARMACOLOGY (GtoPdb), Executive Committee, NC-IUPHAR, Deanery of Biomedical Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-6660-4032
Elena FaccendaCurator, Guide to PHARMACOLOGY (GtoPdb), Deanery of Biomedical Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-9855-7103
Simon D HardingDatabase Developer, Guide to PHARMACOLOGY (GtoPdb), Deanery of Biomedical Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-9262-8318
Francesca Levi-SchafferFirst Vice-President and Chair of Immunopharmacology Section, International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology (IUPHAR), Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.ORCID 0000-0003-0620-2810
Janet J MaguireUniversity of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-9254-7040
Adam J PawsonSenior Curator, Guide to PHARMACOLOGY (GtoPdb), Executive Committee, NC-IUPHAR, Deanery of Biomedical Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-2280-845X
Christopher SouthanDeanery of Biomedical Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-9580-0446
Michael SpeddingSecretary-General, International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology (IUPHAR) and Spedding Research Solutions SAS, Le Vesinet, France.ORCID 0000-0002-1248-8221

Funding

Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust 107715/Z/15/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this review, we identify opportunities for drug discovery in the treatment of COVID-19 and, in so doing, provide a rational roadmap whereby pharmacology and pharmacologists can mitigate against the global pandemic. We assess the scope for targeting key host and viral targets in the mid-term, by first screening these targets against drugs already licensed, an agenda for drug repurposing, which should allow rapid translation to clinical trials. A simultaneous, multi-pronged approach using conventional drug discovery methods aimed at discovering novel chemical and biological means of targeting a short list of host and viral entities which should extend the arsenal of anti-SARS-CoV-2 agents. This longer term strategy would provide a deeper pool of drug choices for future-proofing against acquired drug resistance. Second, there will be further viral threats, which will inevitably evade existing vaccines. This will require a coherent therapeutic strategy which pharmacology and pharmacologists are best placed to provide. LINKED ARTICLES: This article is part of a themed issue on The Pharmacology of COVID-19. To view the other articles in this section visit http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bph.v177.21/issuetoc.

Indexed as

AnimalsAntiviral AgentsBetacoronavirusCoronavirus InfectionsCOVID-19COVID-19 Drug TreatmentDrug DevelopmentDrug DiscoveryDrug RepositioningHumansPandemicsPneumonia, ViralSARS-CoV-2Antiviral Agents

Identifiers

PMID32358833
PMCPMC7267163

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