Adefovir dipivoxil

Active ingredient description

Adefovir dipivoxil is an oral prodrug of adefovir, an acyclic nucleotide phosphonate analogue of adenosine monophosphate, which is actively transported into mammalian cells where it is converted by host enzymes to adefovir diphosphate. Adefovir diphosphate inhibits viral polymerases by competing for direct binding with the natural substrate (deoxyadenosine triphosphate) and, after incorporation into viral DNA, causes DNA chain termination.

Medicine classification

This medicinal substance has been classified in the anatomical therapeutic chemical (ATC) classification according to its main therapeutic use as follows:

ATC code
Group title
Classification
J05AF08
Adefovir dipivoxil
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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Product monographs

Competent medicine agencies globally have authorized commercialization of this active ingredient according to these medication package inserts (MPIs):

Title
Type
Country
HEPSERA Tablet
Summary of Product Characteristics (SPC)

Structural formula

Graphic representation of the active ingredient's molecular structure

Chemical formula: C₈H₁₂N₅O₄P
Molecular mass: 501.471 g/mol

External identifiers

CAS Substance: 106941-25-7
CAS Substance: 142340-99-6
DrugBank Drug: DB00718
KEGG Drug: D01655
PubChem Compound: 60871
RxNorm Ingredient: 141400
SNOMED-CT Concept: 409114008
Adefovir dipivoxil (substance)
UNII Identifier: 6GQP90I798
ADEFOVIR
UNII Identifier: U6Q8Z01514
ADEFOVIR DIPIVOXIL

Medicines

Adefovir dipivoxil is an active ingredient of these brands:

United States (US)

Austria (AT)

Brazil (BR)

Canada (CA)

Cyprus (CY)

Estonia (EE)

Finland (FI)

France (FR)

Hong Kong (HK)

Ireland (IE)

Japan (JP)

Lithuania (LT)

Netherlands (NL)

Poland (PL)

Romania (RO)

Singapore (SG)

Spain (ES)

Turkey (TR)

  • VIROFO as ADEFOVIR DIPIVOXIL

United Kingdom (UK)

While we strive to include the brand names of medicines across all countries, our index remains incomplete. Therefore, it is possible that this medicine may also be marketed under different names in other countries.

 
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