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  • Pfizer Compound May Help to Find SARS Drug-Study

    05/13/2003 10:37:43 AM PDT · by riri · 15 replies · 249+ views
    Reuters ^ | 5/13/03
    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An experimental drug made by Pfizer to treat the common cold may provide a starting point for finding a treatment for SARS, researchers in Germany said on Tuesday. The compound, known only by its laboratory name AG7088, is not likely to itself be a treatment for severe acute respiratory syndrome, said Rolf Hilgenfeld of the University of Luebeck in Germany, who led the study. "There are some minor clashes between the inhibitor AG7088 and the structure of SARS coronavirus main protease; therefore, this compound, AG7088, is unlikely to be a drug active against coronavirus infections," Hilgenfeld said...
  • Army testing finds drugs that may stop the SARS virus

    05/03/2003 2:57:47 PM PDT · by CathyRyan · 45 replies · 385+ views
    AP - nola.com ^ | 5/3/03 | DANIEL Q. HANEY
    <p>FORT DETRICK, Md. (AP) -- The first strong evidence that medicine will eventually defeat the SARS virus has come to light in recent days at the Army's biodefense labs, where the world's most intensive and systematic search for a cure is going on around the clock.</p>