Clofoctol

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Template:Short description Template:Cs1 config Template:Drugbox Clofoctol is a bacteriostatic antibiotic. It is used in the treatment of respiratory tract and ear, nose and throat infections caused by Gram-positive bacteria.[1] It has been marketed in France till 2005 under the trade name Octofene and in Italy as Gramplus.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

It is only functional against Gram-positive bacteria.[2]

It penetrates into human lung tissue.[3]

A French company, Apteeus had been developing clofoctol as a potential therapy against SARS-CoV-2 in 2020-2021, but eventually the repurposing of the drug was abandoned, due to a lack of volunteers.[4][5][6][7][8][9] A mouse study showed repurposed drug clofoctol blocks SARS-CoV-2 replication.[10][11]

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