Darunavir is a protease inhibitor used with other HIV protease inhibitor drugs as well as ritonavir for the effective management of HIV-1 infection. As a second-generation protease inhibitor, darunavir is designed to combat resistance to standard HIV therapy. It was initially approved by the FDA in 2006.
Darunavir is being studied as a possible treatment for SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus responsible for COVID-19, due to in vitro evidence supporting its ability to combat this infection. Clinical trials are underway and are expected to conclude in August 2020.
Darunavir, co-administered with ritonavir, and with other antiretroviral agents, is indicated for the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in children age 3 or above and adults with HIV-1 infection.
SGS Clinical Pharmacology Unit (located in ZNA Stuivenberg), Antwerpen, Belgium
PRA Health Sciences Onderzoekscentrum Groningen, locatie Martini, Groningen, Netherlands
Yarosslavl Clinical Hospital #3, Yaroslavl, Russian Federation
Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center, Shanghai, Shanghai, China
PRA Health Sciences Onderzoekscentrum Groningen, locatie Martini, Groningen, Netherlands
Clinical Pharmacology Unit, Merksem, Belgium
Infectious Diseases Institute, Kampala, Uganda
Perinatal HIV Research Unit, Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital, Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa
Clinical HIV Research Unit, Helen Joseph Hospital, Westdene, Johannesburg, South Africa
Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation, Cape Town, South Africa
Infectious Diseases Institue, Kampala, Uganda
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