Nirmatrelvir + ritonavir - Pfizer
Alternative Names: nirmatrelvir [PF-07321332] tablets and ritonavir tablets; Nirmatrelvir plus ritonavir - Pfizer; Nirmatrelvir+ritonavir - Pfizer; nirmatrelvir/ritonavir; PAXLOVID; PF 07321332 plus ritonavir - Pfizer; PF 07321332+ritonavir - Pfizer; PF-07321332/ritonavirLatest Information Update: 29 Aug 2025
At a glance
- Originator Pfizer
- Class Amides; Amines; Antiretrovirals; Antivirals; Aza compounds; Carbamates; Fluorinated hydrocarbons; Heterocyclic bicyclo compounds; Nitriles; Pyrrolidinones; Small molecules; Thiazoles
- Mechanism of Action Coronavirus 3C-like proteinase inhibitors; HIV protease inhibitors
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Orphan Drug Status
Orphan designation is assigned by a regulatory body to encourage companies to develop drugs for rare diseases.
- New Molecular Entity Yes
Highest Development Phases
- Marketed COVID 2019 infections
Most Recent Events
- 20 Aug 2025 Enanta Pharmaceuticals files patent infringement suit against Pfizer for Nirmatrelvir + ritonavir (Paxlovid™) in EU
- 12 May 2025 Pfizer terminates a phase I trial for COVID-2019 infections (In adults) in USA (PO) due to the inability to recruit the planned number of subjects and not based on any safety concerns (NCT05386472)
- 28 Mar 2025 No recent reports of development identified for phase-I development in COVID-2019-infections(In volunteers, In adults) in Belgium (PO)