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Festinavir is an investigational new drug being developed by Bristol Myers-Squibb for the treatment of HIV infection. Festinavir is a nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor that is active against HIV resistant to both abacavir and tenofovir making the drug a candidate for people with multi-drug resistant (MDR) strains of the virus. Festinavir is a derivative of stavudine (d4T) but is less toxic.[citation needed] It was originally developed at Yale University.

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ATC prefix
None
FDA UNII code
6IE83O6NGA
IUPAC name
1-[(2R5R)-5-ethynyl-5-(hydroxymethyl)-2H-furan-2-yl]-5-methylpyrimidine-24-dione
PubChem
3008897

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