It has been more than 5 months since the last update. Remdesivir first identified in Coronavirus Drug Discovery Competition as a potential COVID-2019 treatment is now authorized for emergency use by FDA. This is the fastest drug I’ve seen to go from ideation to clinical use. Although, given the price and scarcity, I hope, steroids can be a better alternative.There are a number of publications using PyRx to find new drugs for Covid-19 treatment. Given the time it takes for a toxicity study of a novel drug, repurposing existing drugs seems a more feasible option.

The number of downloads has increased during the pandemic. There have been around 20k downloads year to date (9/5/2020) compared to 10k downloads for the same period last year. This pandemic also emphasized that PyRx can live long after I’m gone, which is a good thing.