@article{eprints559, author = {Ehsan GHARIB MOMBENI and Mahshad YOUSEFI and Saeid CHEKANI-AZAR and Mohamed Samy ABOUSENNA and Kosar ARMIN and Fatemeh SHAVANDI and Elham EMAMI and Yadollah BAHRAMI}, volume = {10}, title = {Recent drugs and vaccine candidates to tackle COVID-19}, publisher = {Scienceline Publications, Ltd}, number = {06}, pages = {70--79}, year = {2020}, month = {November}, journal = {Journal of Life Science and Biomedicine}, keywords = {Actemra, Antiviral medicines, ARCoV, AstraZeneca, ChulaCov19, CoronaVac, COVID-19, CureVac, CytoSorb, Ivermectin, Moderna, Oleandrin, Pfizer, Remdesivir, Ritonavir, Vaccines.}, url = {http://eprints.science-line.com/id/eprint/559/}, abstract = {Introduction. The global devastating pandemic coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a worldwide multisystemic infection caused by the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which has emerged as a menace to the global public health and countries economy. There is a crucial necessity for the suggestion of effective drugs to eliminate the virus outbreak. Several candidate drugs with existing emerging evidence try to offer a pharmacological strategy that may inhibit infection in COVID-19 patients. By, October 2020, scientists have nominated some reliable and safe types of coronavirus vaccines like Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca, CureVac, CoronaVac, etc. that are effective and showed 95\% to 90\% protection, respectively. Aim. This review highlights important clinical and in vitro studies, uses of potent antiviral drugs and most recent vaccines against COVID-19 disease.} }