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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2008
Michael J. Otto, Lilburn, GA (US);
Junxing Shi, Duluth, GA (US);
Kyoichi A. Watanabe, Stone Mountain, GA (US);
Michael J. Otto, Lilburn, GA (US);
Junxing Shi, Duluth, GA (US);
Kyoichi A. Watanabe, Stone Mountain, GA (US);
Pharmasset, Inc., Princeton, NJ (US);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a method and composition of treating or preventing viral infections, in particular, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis B virus (HBV) infections, in human patients or other animal hosts, comprising the administration of N.sup.4-acyl-2',3′-dideoxy-5-fluorocytidine or N.sup.4-acyl-2′,3′-didehyd-ro-2′,3′-dideoxy-5-fluorocytidine, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, prodrugs, and other derivatives thereof.