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Burroughs Wellcome Co.

Jeremy G Vinter

Harold Francis Hodson

John Frederick Batchelor

Peter B Thorogood

John W Selway

John F Batchelor

Ramachanderan Iyer

A method of treating or preventing viral infections, in particular rhinovirus infections comprising the administration of an effective amount of a 2-phenyltetralin derivative or a heterocyclic analogue thereof. Pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds, and some novel compounds are also disclosed.

Chemotherapeutic agents

Compounds of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R is (Hal).sub.m wherein Hal represents a halogen atom and m is 1 or 2, or R is-(B.sup.1).sub.n1 W.sup.1 wherein B.sup.1, n.sup.1 and W.sup.1 are as defined below;

Imidazole derivatives, compositions and use

A method of treating or preventing viral infections, in particular rhinovirus infections comprising the administration of an effective amount of a flavan derivative of formula (I). ##STR1## Pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds, and some novel compounds are also disclosed.

Flavan derivatives useful for impairing RNA virus replication in a cell

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