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Brivudine
An antiviral thymidine analogue first synthesised in 1976 at the University of Birmingham: in 1979 Erik De Clercq, at the Rega Institute in Belgium, discovered its strong activity against herpes simplex type 1 and varicella-zoster virus. It is used for herpes zoster (shingles). This family brings together the active ingredient and other impurities.
Did you know?Its name sums up its chemical structure, bromovinyl-deoxyuridine (BVDU). It reached pharmacies in the 1980s in East Germany, and only later in the rest of Europe.
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