Discovery of CMX990: A Potent SARS-CoV-2 3CL Protease Inhibitor Bearing a Novel Covalent Warhead
N. G. R. D. Elshan, K. C. Wolff, L. Riva, A. K. Woods, G. Grabovyi, K. Wilson, A. Rahimi, J. Pedroarena, S. Ghorai, A. K. Gupta, A. Nazarian, F. Weiss, Y. Liu, W. Mazumdar, L. Song, , A. K. Chatterjee
This paper introduces CMX990, a potent SARS-CoV-2 3CL protease inhibitor with improved potency and clearance compared to nirmatrelvir, advancing to Phase 1 clinical trials.
bioRxiv · Oct 24, 2023Microbiology