Valine ester prodrug of ganciclovir, q.v. Prepn: J. J. Nestor et al., EP 694547; eidem, US 6083953 (1996, 2000 both to Hoffmann-La Roche). HPLC determn in plasma: R. Chan et al., J. Pharm. Biomed. Anal. 21, 647 (1999). Clinical pharmacokinetics in HIV- and CMV-positive patients: F. Brown et al., Clin. Pharmacokinet. 37, 167 (1999); in liver transplant patients: M. D. Pescovitz et al., Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 44, 2811 (2000). Clinical trial in cytomegalovirus retinitis: D. F. Martin et al., N. Engl. J. Med. 346, 1119 (2002).
Antiviral.
Antiviral; Nucleosides/Nucleotides