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Table 1.

Clinical trials on antiviral protease inhibitors

Compounds used in combined therapy	Chemical structure	Disease	Status	Ref.
ASC09F + oseltamivir, Ritonavir + oseltamivir, oseltamivir		COVID-19	Phase-3 Started in February 1, 2020 Ended in July 1, 2020	[22]
Darunavir + cobicistat, lopinavir + ritonavir		COVID-19	Started in March 1, 2020 Ended in September 30, 2020	[23]

+: combined therapy; Ref.: references

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Acknowledgments

The authors are heartily thankful to the management of ISF College of Pharmacy for constant encouragement, support, and motivation.

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AC: Data curation. AS: Investigation. PAC: Writing—original article, Writing—editing and review.

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