ABAVAID

This brand name is authorized in South Africa.

Active ingredients

The drug ABAVAID contains one active pharmaceutical ingredient (API):

`1`	Abacavir UNII `WR2TIP26VS` - ABACAVIR
	Abacavir is a NRTI. It is a potent selective inhibitor of HIV-1 and HIV-2. Abacavir is metabolised intracellularly to the active moiety, carbovir 5'-triphosphate (TP). In vitro studies have demonstrated that its mechanism of action in relation to HIV is inhibition of the HIV reverse transcriptase enzyme, an event which results in chain termination and interruption of the viral replication cycle.
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Medicine classification

This drug has been classified in the anatomical therapeutic chemical (ATC) classification system as follows:

ATC Group		Classification
J05AF06	Abacavir	J Antiinfectives for systemic use → J05 Antivirals for systemic use → J05A Direct acting antivirals → J05AF Nucleoside and nucleotide reverse transcriptase inhibitors
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Authorization and marketing

This drug has been assigned below unique identifiers within the countries it is being marketed:

Country	Identification scheme	Identifier(s)
ZA	Health Products Regulatory Authority	43/20.2.8/0385, 45/20.2.8/0909

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