Tecovirimat 200mg capsules
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The World Health Organization declared smallpox, a contagious and sometimes fatal infectious disease, eradicated in 1980.
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Tecovirimat
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Key facts
Drug status
Approved
Major interactions
None known
Half-life
Not available
Mechanism
Successful viral replication leads to the formation of a number of infectious virion forms.
Food interactions
1 warning
Human targets
None mapped
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Pharmacokinetics at a glance
Absorption
600 mg
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Half-life
45%
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Protein binding
77-82%
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Volume of distribution
383 L
Metabolism
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Elimination
73%
Clearance
13 L/h
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Pharmacokinetic data: DrugBank · CC BY-NC 4.0
Tecovirimat was approved by the FDA in July 2018 as the first drug ever approved to treat smallpox.[L3626][L3614] Tecovirimat was later approved by Health Canada in December 2021,[L39397] followed by the approval from the European Commission in January 2022.[L40159] Other than smallpox, tecovirimat is also indicated to treat complications due to replication of the vaccinia virus following vaccination against smallpox, and to treat monkeypox and cowpox in adults and children.[L40154] Tecovirimat is available as both oral and intravenous formulations.[L41835]
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In Europe, it is also indicated to treat complications due to replication of the vaccinia virus following vaccination against smallpox.
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In Europe, tecovirimat is also used to treat monkeypox and cowpox in adults and children.
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Known interactions with other medications. Always consult a healthcare professional.
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There is no clinical experience with overdosage of tecovirimat. In case of overdosage, patients should be monitored for any signs or symptoms of adverse effects. Hemodialysis is not expected to effectively remove tecovirimat in overdosed patients.
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The P37 protein is encoded by a highly conserved gene in all members of the orthopoxvirus genus.[L41835] P37 interacts with the Rab9 GTPase and TIP47, which are components of late endosome-derived transport vesicles. Interaction of P37 and Rab9 GTPase and TIP47 leads to the formation of the virus-specific wrapping complex for enveloped virions.[A35133] Tecovirimat is an inhibitor of P37: it blocks the interaction of P37 with Rab9 and TIP47, preventing the formation of the wrapping complex.[A35131][A35133][L40154][L41835]
How the body processes this drug — absorption, distribution, metabolism, and elimination
[A35133]
Following oral administration of 600 mg tecovirimat in healthy adults, the mean steady-state AUC0-24hr was 29816 hr x ng/mL and the Cmax was 2159 ng/mL. Following intravenous administration of 200 mg tecovirimat every 12 hours, the mean steady-state AUC0-24hr was 39405 hr x ng/mL and the Cmax was 2630 ng/mL. The Tmax is about six hours.
[L41835]
The steady-state is achieved within four to six days.
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The oral bioavailability of tecovirimat is increased when taken with food.
A moderate fat and calories meal increased the drug exposure (AUC) by 39% when tecovirimat was orally administered in conjunction with food.
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Major metabolites are metabolites M4 (N-{3,5-dioxo-4-azatetracyclo[5.3.2.0{2,6}.0{8,10}]dodec-11-en-4-yl}amine), M5 (3,5-dioxo-4-aminotetracyclo[5.3.2.0{2,6}.0{8,10}]dodec-11-ene), and TFMBA (4 (trifluoromethyl) benzoic acid). None of the metabolites is pharmacologically active. None of the glucuronide conjugates was found as a major metabolite in plasma.
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The exact chemical structures of tecovirimat metabolites have not been fully characterized.
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In urine, primary tecovirimat glucuronide conjugate and M4 glucuronide conjugate were the most abundant components accounting for means of 24.4% and 30.3% of dose, respectively.
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Enzymes involved in drug metabolism — important for understanding drug interactions
Proteins that transport this drug across cell membranes
PMID:11306452 PMID:12958161 PMID:19506252 PMID:20705604 PMID:28554189 PMID:30405239 PMID:31003562
Involved in porphyrin homeostasis, mediating the export of protoporphyrin IX (PPIX) from both mitochondria to cytosol and cytosol to extracellular space, it also functions in the cellular export of heme .
PMID:20705604 PMID:23189181
Also mediates the efflux of sphingosine-1-P from cells .
PMID:20110355
Acts as a urate exporter functioning in both renal and extrarenal urate excretion .
PMID:19506252 PMID:20368174 PMID:22132962 PMID:31003562 PMID:36749388
In kidney, it also functions as a physiological exporter of the uremic toxin indoxyl sulfate (By similarity). Also involved in the excretion of steroids like estrone 3-sulfate/E1S, 3beta-sulfooxy-androst-5-en-17-one/DHEAS, and other sulfate conjugates .
PMID:12682043 PMID:28554189 PMID:30405239
Mediates the secretion of the riboflavin and biotin vitamins into milk (By similarity). Extrudes pheophorbide a, a phototoxic porphyrin catabolite of chlorophyll, reducing its bioavailability (By similarity).
Plays an important role in the exclusion of xenobiotics from the brain (Probable). It confers to cells a resistance to multiple drugs and other xenobiotics including mitoxantrone, pheophorbide, camptothecin, methotrexate, azidothymidine, and the anthracyclines daunorubicin and doxorubicin, through the control of their efflux .
PMID:11306452 PMID:12477054 PMID:15670731 PMID:18056989 PMID:31254042
In placenta, it limits the penetration of drugs from the maternal plasma into the fetus (By similarity). May play a role in early stem cell self-renewal by blocking differentiation (By similarity).
In inflammatory macrophages, exports itaconate from the cytosol to the extracellular compartment and limits the activation of TFEB-dependent lysosome biogenesis involved in antibacterial innate immune response
ATC J05AX24
Chemical identifiers
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Tecovirimat
Additional database identifiers
Drugs Product Database (DPD)
23684
ChemSpider
17281586
ZINC
ZINC000035323125
UniProt Accession
PG057_VAR67
HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee (HGNC)
HGNC:12530
GeneCards
UGT1A1
GenBank Gene Database
M57899
GenBank Protein Database
184473
Guide to Pharmacology
2990
UniProt Accession
UD11_HUMAN
HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee (HGNC)
HGNC:12535
GeneCards
UGT1A3
GenBank Gene Database
M84127
GenBank Protein Database
340135
UniProt Accession
UD13_HUMAN
HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee (HGNC)
HGNC:12536
GeneCards
UGT1A4
GenBank Gene Database
M57951
GenBank Protein Database
184475
UniProt Accession
UD14_HUMAN
HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee (HGNC)
HGNC:2637
GenAtlas
CYP3A4
GeneCards
CYP3A4
GenBank Gene Database
M18907
Guide to Pharmacology
1337
UniProt Accession
CP3A4_HUMAN
HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee (HGNC)
HGNC:2622
GenAtlas
CYP2C8
GeneCards
CYP2C8
GenBank Gene Database
M17397
Guide to Pharmacology
1325
UniProt Accession
CP2C8_HUMAN
HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee (HGNC)
HGNC:2621
GeneCards
CYP2C19
GenBank Gene Database
M61854
GenBank Protein Database
181344
Guide to Pharmacology
1328
UniProt Accession
CP2CJ_HUMAN
HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee (HGNC)
HGNC:2615
GeneCards
CYP2B6
GenBank Gene Database
M29874
GenBank Protein Database
181296
Guide to Pharmacology
1324
UniProt Accession
CP2B6_HUMAN
HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee (HGNC)
HGNC:74
GenAtlas
ABCG2
GeneCards
ABCG2
GenBank Gene Database
AF103796
GenBank Protein Database
4185796
Guide to Pharmacology
792
UniProt Accession
ABCG2_HUMAN
Patent information
8 active patents, 3 expired
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