An overview of current drugs and prophylactic vaccines for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

ABSTRACT: Designing and producing an effective vaccine is the best possible way to reduce the burden and spread of a disease. During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, many large pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies invested a great deal of time and money in trying to control and combat the disease. In this regard, due to the urgent need, many vaccines are now available earlier than scheduled. Based on their manufacturing technology, the vaccines available for COVID-19 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SAR-CoV2)) infection can be classified into four platforms: RNA vaccines, adenovirus vector vaccines, subunit (protein-based) vaccines, and inactivated virus vaccines. Moreover, various drugs have been deemed to negatively affect the progression of the infection vi

SUBMITTER: Alagheband Bahrami A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9100302 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature