the new antiretroviral drug called Viread

December 2001

There's a lot of excitement about the new antiretroviral drug called Viread (VEER-ee-ad).

It's the first HIV drug approved this year.

Viread (tenofovir) is the first nucleoTIDE reverse transcriptase inhibitor. It's similar in structure to the nucleoSIDE reverse transcriptase inhibitors...but might be more active.

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