Drug candidates and their progression against 2019-nCoV
As 2019-nCoV has labelled ongoing pandemic, causing a heavy toll of death due to its rapid transmission, the discovery of drugs against 2019-nCoV is therefore a very urgent priority. However, there are no successful drugs currently targeted for 2019-nCoV / SARS-CoV-2. Drug repurposing, representing from existing drugs as an active drug development approach, could cut the time and reduce the cost compared to de novo drug discovery. Following is the accumulated information of potential candidates of drugs screened against 2019-nCoV/SARS-CoV-2.