New herpes drug ASP2151: better than acyclovir?
27 March 2009
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A new herpes drug called ASP2151 could be a brilliant new alternative to the popular antiviral drugs acyclovir or Valtrex. The drug uses a different method to attack the herpes virus and may prevent visible symptoms much more effectively than any other currently available therapeutics.
ASP2151 is a long-awaited helicase primase inhibitor (HPI) drug.
The recent quarterly statement for Astellas brings encouraging news, suggesting that ASP2151 is now going into phase III trials.
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