Leprosy drug Clofazimine broadly inhibits coronavirus including SARS-CoV-2

Coronavirus, Health, Infection, Treatment

Clofazimine, an anti-leprosy drug with a favourable safety profile, possesses pan-coronaviral inhibitory activity, and can antagonize SARS-CoV-2 and MERS-CoV replication in multiple in vitro systems.

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** This post was originally published on March 20, 2021 **