Deoxyguanine nucleoside analog; inhibits hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA polymerase. Prepn: R. Zahler, W. A. Slusarchyk, EP 481754; eidem, US 5206244 (1992, 1993 both to Squibb); G. S. Bisacchi et al., Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 7, 127 (1997). In vitro antiviral activity: S. F. Innaimo et al, Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 41, 1444 (1997). Review of pharmacology and clinical experience: P. Honkoop, R. A. de Man, Expert Opin. Invest. Drugs 12, 683-688 (2003); T. Shaw, S. Locarnini, Expert Rev. Anti Infect. Ther. 2, 853-871 (2004). Clinical comparisons with lamivudine in chronic hepatitis B: T.-T. Chang et al., N. Engl. J. Med. 354, 1001 (2006); C.-L. Lai et al., ibid. 1011.
Antiviral.
Antiviral; Nucleosides/Nucleotides