sofosbuvir

A nucleotide analog used in combination with other drugs for the treatment of hepatitis C.

Noun

  1. A nucleotide analog used in combination with other drugs for the treatment of hepatitis C.
    • Sofosbuvir does not affect cyclosporine or tacrolimus concentrations. - 2013, Marina Berenguer, Hepatitis C Virus and Liver Transplantation, →ISBN, page 57:
    • In the US, sofosbuvir and simeprevir have been approved for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C. - 2015, Nicholas J Talley, Essentials of Internal Medicine 3e, →ISBN, page 382:

Origin

From [Term?] + -fos- (“phosphorous derivative”) + -buvir (“RNA polymerase (NS5B) inhibitor”).