Famciclovir
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Scientific Name
Famciclovir
Description of the Drug
Famciclovir is a nucleoside analog DNA polymerase inhibitor used for the treatment of recurrent cold sores and genital herpes in healthy patients and patients with HIV, and to manage herpes zoster.
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Brand Name(s)
Famciclovir, Famvir
Company Owner(s)
Cipla Ltd, Apotex Inc, Macleods Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Aurobindo Pharma Ltd, Teva Pharmaceuticals Usa, Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp, Hetero Labs Ltd Unit V, Hikma Pharmaceuticals Usa Inc
Mechanism(s) Of Action
Target Name | Target Type | Action Type | Target ChEMBL ID |
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Human herpesvirus 1 DNA polymerase | SINGLE PROTEIN | INHIBITOR | CHEMBL1872 |
Clinical Trial(s)
Unichem Links
SureChEMBL | SCHEMBL2949 | |
PharmGKB | PA449585 | |
Human Metabolome Database | HMDB0014570 | |
DrugBank | DB00426 | |
PubChem: Thomson Pharma | 14899331 | |
PubChem | 3324 | |
Mcule | MCULE-6850246103 | |
LINCS | LSM-2990 | |
Nikkaji | J435.369B | |
BindingDB | 50248001 | |
EPA CompTox Dashboard | DTXSID0023038 | |
DrugCentral | 1128 | |
Brenda | 259536 | |
ChemicalBook | CB0464901 | |
rxnorm | FAMCICLOVIR | FAMVIR |
PubChem: Drugs of the Future | 12013946 | |
ChEBI | 4974 | |
ZINC | ZINC000001530635 |