Who are Protease Inhibitor's main competitors?

Direct comparators (same drug class / molecular target / therapeutic area): PF-07321332 Dose 5, Paxlovid (Copackaged), Victrelis, Prezista, TIPRANAVIR, Lexiva.

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Protease Inhibitor — Competitive Intelligence Brief

Name: Drug Landscape Pharmaceutical Database
Creator: Drug Landscape
Published: 2026-01-01
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Protease Inhibitor (Protease Inhibitor) competitive landscape: 6 comparators, recent regulatory actions, upcoming PDUFA, patent timeline. Class: Protease inhibitor. Area: Infectious Disease.

marketed Protease inhibitor Infectious Disease Small molecule Live · refreshed every 30 min

Target snapshot

Protease Inhibitor (Protease Inhibitor) — Medical Research Council. Protease inhibitors block viral or bacterial protease enzymes, preventing the processing of viral or pathogenic proteins necessary for replication and survival.

Comparator set (6 drugs)

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Drug	Generic	Sponsor	Phase	Class	Target	Approval / PDUFA
Protease Inhibitor TARGET	Protease Inhibitor	Medical Research Council	marketed	Protease inhibitor
PF-07321332 Dose 5	pf-07321332-dose-5	Pfizer	marketed	Protease inhibitor	Main protease (MPro) of SARS-CoV-2	Pending regulatory approval
Paxlovid (Copackaged)	Nirmatrelvir	Pfizer	marketed	Antiviral protease inhibitor	SARS-CoV-2 main protease (Mpro, 3CLpro, nsp5 protease)	2023-01-01
Victrelis	BOCEPREVIR	Merck & Co.	marketed	Hepatitis C Virus NS3/4A Protease Inhibitor	Chymase	2011-01-01
Prezista	DARUNAVIR	Janssen Prods	marketed	Protease Inhibitor [EPC]	Multidrug resistance protein 1	2006-01-01
TIPRANAVIR	TIPRANAVIR		marketed	Protease Inhibitor [EPC]		2005-01-01
Lexiva	FOSAMPRENAVIR	GSK	marketed	Protease Inhibitor		2003-01-01

Recent regulatory actions (last 90 days)

No regulatory actions in the last 90 days for this set.

Upcoming PDUFA dates (next 180 days)

No PDUFA dates in the next 180 days for this set.

Patent timeline (forward window)

2041-08-05 — Paxlovid (Copackaged) · 11351149 · US
2041-10-31 — Paxlovid (Copackaged) · 11541034 · US

Sponsor landscape (Protease inhibitor class)

Pfizer · 4 drugs in this class
French National Agency for Research on AIDS and Viral Hepatitis · 4 drugs in this class
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC · 2 drugs in this class
Christopher J. McLeod · 1 drug in this class
Hoffmann-La Roche · 1 drug in this class
Janssen R&D Ireland · 1 drug in this class
Janssen-Cilag International NV · 1 drug in this class
Johns Hopkins University · 1 drug in this class
Medical Research Council · 1 drug in this class
Pfizer Inc. · 1 drug in this class

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Drug Landscape (2026). Protease Inhibitor — Competitive Intelligence Brief. https://druglandscape.com/ci/protease-inhibitor. Accessed 2026-06-10.

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