“A PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION ”

Application IN/PCT/2001/00576/DEL published 2006-06-09, filed 2001-07-03
Compounds and pharmaceutical compositions active against hepatitis B virus are provided, as is a method for the treatment of hepatitis B virus infection in humans and other host animals is provided comprising administering an effective amount of a beta -L-(2' or 3'- azido)-2',3'-dideoxy-5-fluorocytosine of formula (I) wherein R is H, acyl, monophosphate, diphosphate, or triphosphate, or a stabilized phosphate derivative (to form a stabilized nucleotide prodrug), and R' is H, acyl, or alkyl.

Applicant

CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE. THE UAB RESEARCH FOUNDATION EMORY UNIVERSITY
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Inventor

Gosselin, Gilles, Imbach, Jean-louis, Sommadossi, Jean-Pierre and Schinazi, Raymond, F.

International Info

Classification: A 61 P 31/18 A 61 K 31/495
Publication Number: WO 00/26225
Application Date: 1999-11-05

Priority Information

60/107,116 USA 1998-11-05
60/115,653 USA 1999-01-13