Drug discovery platform yields optimized compound against SARS-CoV-2 and shows promise against other RNA-based viruses

Published Date: 08 Oct 2025

In a quest to develop new antiviral drugs for COVID-19 and other diseases, a collaboration led by scientists at The Wertheim UF Scripps Institute has identified a potential new drug against the virus that causes COVID-19.

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