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Letermovir

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Routes of administration
  
Oral

Legal status
  
Investigational

PubChem CID
  
45138674

Molar mass
  
572.55 g/mol

ATC code
  
None

Synonyms
  
AIC246

ChemSpider
  
26352849

Letermovir httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthu

Letermovir (INN) is an antiviral drug that is being developed for the treatment of cytomegalovirus (CVM) infections. It has been tested in CMV infected patients with allogeneic stem cell transplants and may also be useful for other patients with a compromised immune system such as those with organ transplants or HIV infections.

The drug has been granted fast track status by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and orphan drug status by the European Medicines Agency.

The drug candidate is under development by Merck & Co., Inc as investigative compound MK-8228.

References

Letermovir Wikipedia