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Drug Development (Antiviral)

"Phosprenyl - Antiviral Drug with Interferon-Inducing and Immunomodulatory Activities."

Published in Hepatitis Weekly, December 16th, 1996

According to an abstract submitted by the authors to the First Joint Meeting of the International Cytokine Society and the International Society for Interferon and Cytokine Research, held October 6-10, 1996, in Geneva, Switzerland, "A novel antiviral drug is presented. The main active ingredient of the substance is the product of chemical phosphorylation of polyprenols - chain isoprenoid alcohols. This drug is highly efficient against a number of viruses including HIV-1, tick-borne encephalitis virus, rabies virus, adenovirus type 1, bovine leukemia virus, hepatitis A virus, mouse hepatitis virus, mouse ectromelia virus, herpes simplex virus type 1, yellow fever virus, west equine...

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