Idenix Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Universitá Degli Studi Di Cagliari

Lin Qu

Jean-Pierre Sommadossi

Vadim Bichko

David N Standring

Paolo LaColla

Paolo La Colla

The present invention discloses a method for the treatment of Flaviviridae infection that includes the administration of a 2'-branched nucleoside, or a pharmaceutically acceptable prodrug and/or salt thereof, to a human in need of therapy in combination or alternation with a drug that directly or indirectly induces a mutation in the viral genome at a location other than a mutation of a nucleotide that results in a change from serine to a different amino acid in the highly conserved consensus sequence, XRXGXXXT (SEQ ID NO: 63), of domain B of the RNA polymerase region, or is associated with such a mutation. The invention also includes a method to detect a mutant strain of Flaviviridae and a method for its treatment.

2'-branched nucleosides and flaviviridae mutation

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The present invention discloses a method for the treatment of Flaviviridae infection that includes the administration of a 2'-branched nucleoside, or a pharmaceutically acceptable prodrug and/or salt thereof, to a human in need of therapy in combination or alternation with a drug that directly or indirectly induces a mutation in the viral genome at a location other than a mutation of a nucleotide that results in a change from seine to a different amino acid in the highly conserved consensus sequence, XRXSGXXXT (Sequence ID No. 63), of domain B of the RNA polymerase region, or is associated with such a mutation. The invention also includes a method to detect a mutant strain of Flaviviridae and a method for its treatment.

2'-branched nucleosides and Flaviviridae mutation

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