HIV Drugs Used to Fight Coronoavirus

UAE: Doctors 'cure' coronavirus patient using HIV wonder drugs

Three Beijing hospitals began administering lopinavir/itonavir – two antiretroviral drugs used in combination to treat HIV – to patients suffering from the coronavirus, according to a statement published by Chinese media.

The drugs work by blocking HIV's ability to reproduce by binding to healthy cells.

The medication was used to “substantial clinical benefit” on patients suffering from Sars, another coronavirus which swept through China in 2002 and 2003.

AbbVie (ABBV) makes a version of these drugs, but stock price hasn't moved much yet.

WSJ: U.S. Drugmakers Ship Therapies to China, Seeking to Treat CoronavirusAbbVie, JNJ, Gilead are the companies named.