METHODS OF TREATING RESPIRATORY DISEASE WITH DEUPIRFENIDONE

• Main Authors: CHEN, Michael C, ELENKO, Eric, SABOUNJIAN, LuAnn, FILIPOVIC, Aleksandra
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 03.04.2024
• Subjects: CHEMISTRY; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METALLURGY; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES; SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS ORMEDICINAL PREPARATIONS

Disclosed herein is a method of treating a viral, e.g., SARS-CoV-2, respiratory disease or infection, such as COVID-19 related pneumonia, that includes administering deuterium-enriched pirfenidone, e.g., daily for 3 months or more, such that the viral respiratory disease or infection is treated. The...