Drug common name | GALIDESIVIR |
INN | galidesivir |
Description | Galidesivir (BCX4430, immucillin-A) is an antiviral drug, an adenosine analog (a type of nucleoside analog). It was developed by BioCryst Pharmaceuticals with funding from NIAID, originally intended as a treatment for hepatitis C, but subsequently developed as a potential treatment for deadly filovirus infections such as Ebola virus disease and Marburg virus disease, as well as Zika virus. Currently, galidesivir is under phase 1 human trial in Brazil for coronavirus.
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Classification | Small molecule |
Drug class | antivirals: adenosine analogs acting as RNA polymerase inhibitors |
Image (chem structure or protein) | |
Structure (InChI/SMILES or Protein Sequence) | Nc1ncnc2c([C@@H]3N[C@H](CO)[C@@H](O)[C@H]3O)c[nH]c12 |
PDB | — |
CAS-ID | 222631-44-9 |
RxCUI | — |
ChEMBL ID | CHEMBL1236524 |
ChEBI ID | — |
PubChem CID | 69211190 |
DrugBank | — |
UNII ID | OLF97F86A7 (ChemIDplus, GSRS) |