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Brincidofovir: Experimental drug being given Ebola patient in Texas

Brincidofovir

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Brincidofovir
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Clinical data
Legal status
  • US: Investigational
Identifiers
CAS number 444805-28-1
ATC code ?
PubChem CID 483477
ChemSpider 424003
ChEMBL CHEMBL203321
Synonyms CMX001; Cidofovir-HDP
Chemical data
Formula C27H52N3O7P 
Mol. mass 561.70 g/mol
Brincidofovir (CMX001) is an experimental antiviral drug being developed by Chimerix for the treatment of cytomegalovirus. It also has activity against adenoviruses, BK virus and herpes simplex viruses,[1][2] and preliminary tests have also shown it to have potential for the treatment of Ebola virus disease.[3] Brincidofovir is a prodrug of cidofovir.[2]
On October 6, 2014, Chimerix received an FDA authorization for emergency investigational new drug applications of brincidofovir for the treatment of Ebola virus disease. The drug was administered to the patient in the initial Ebola virus case in the US in 2014.[4][5]

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