new drug for HIV, Ziagen (abacavir)
February 1999
Glaxo will soon promote a new drug for HIV, Ziagen (abacavir).
It's a potent nucleoside analog...in the same class as Retrovir (zidovudine) or 3TC (lamivudine).
It'll be used in combo therapy with other antiretrovirals.
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