In a comparable viral assay study conducted by reputed laboratories in South Korea and United States, the drug, NLP21 has shown better viral inhibition ability than Remdesivir, Fevipiravir, Hydroxychloroquine, Lopinavir/Ritonavir etc.
NovaLead Pharma, a Pune-based company has utilised its experience of drug repurposing has deployed computational technology to identify 42 existing drugs which may be potentially effective against the SARS-Cov2 virus.