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Status:
US Approved Rx (2019)
First approved in 1982

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)



Acyclovir is a synthetic antiviral nucleoside analogue. A screening program for antiviral drugs begun at Burroughs Wellcome in the 1960s resulted in the discovery of acyclovir in 1974. Preclinical investigation brought the drug to clinical trials in ...