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ReviewBiomedical papers of the Medical Faculty of the University Palacky, Olomouc, Czechoslovakia2022

Comparison of remdesivir and favipiravir - the anti-Covid-19 agents mimicking purine RNA constituents.

Faiha M Al-Ardhi, Ladislav Novotny, Adel Alhunayan, Naser F Al-Tannak

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Review in Biomedical papers of the Medical Faculty of the University Palacky, Olomouc, Czechoslovakia, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 36% of its field
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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Faiha M Al-ArdhiDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Health Science Center, Kuwait University, P.O. Box 24923, Safat 13110, Kuwait.
Ladislav NovotnyDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Health Science Center, Kuwait University, P.O. Box 24923, Safat 13110, Kuwait.
Adel AlhunayanFaculty of Medicine, Health Science Center, Kuwait University, P.O. Box 24923, Safat 13110, Kuwait.
Naser F Al-TannakDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Health Science Center, Kuwait University, P.O. Box 24923, Safat 13110, Kuwait.
Kuwait University · KW

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

By December 2019, humanity was challenged by a new infectious respiratory disease named coronavirus disease of 2019 or COVID-19. This is a viral infection based on the presence of the previously non-problematic coronavirus with assigned number 2. This virus causes severe acute respiratory distress and is known now as SARS-CoV2. Since SARS-CoV2 is an RNA virus, remdesivir and favipiravir, both broad-spectrum RNA polymerase inhibitors, were repurposed for treating COVID-19 patients. Remdesivir and favipiravir are antimetabolites, and they are structurally related to the naturally occurring structural elements of RNA. Both agents are prodrugs and must be activated intracellularly to exert their effects through numerous and different mechanisms of action. Efforts have been exerted to determine their efficacy and safety against COVID-19 through clinical trials. Clinical trials have shown an association of remdesivir with increased frequency of adverse effects (in comparison to favipiravir). Nevertheless, the data obtained with remdesivir resulted in its approval by the FDA on the 22

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COVID-19 Drug TreatmentAdenosine MonophosphateAlanineAmidesHumansPyrazinesRNA, ViralSARS-CoV-2Adenosine MonophosphateAlanineAmidesfavipiravirPyrazinesremdesivirRNA, ViralantimetabolitesCovid-19favipiravirremdesivirrespiratory syndromeRNA-polymerase inhibitors

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PMID34782799
OpenAlexW3212588365

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