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PI Perspect. 1997 Mar;(No 21):15-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE AIDS/97702501

Abstract: A new generation of protease inhibitors is entering studies. Abbott Lab's ABT-378 and Pharmacia/Upjohn's PNU-140690 are beginning clinical studies and both are designed to overcome resistance problems. Several companies are developing new compounds to inhibit reverse transcriptase, such as Bristol-Myers Squibb's lobucavir and Hoechst/Bayer's HBY097. Calanolide A, which will soon begin trials, has a different resistance pattern than other non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors, which may be an important advantage. Several groups are developing compounds to inhibit the HIV zinc finger, such as Parke-Davis' compound, CI-1012; and a Dutch company who is developing Azodicarbonamide, a drug currently in phase I/II trials for people with advanced disease in Europe. HIV drugs to date have not been successful in blocking viral fusion. However, three new fusion inhibitors are showing promise within the laboratory: Pentafuside (currently in phase I trials), Fuji ImmunoPharmaceuticals' FP-21399 (currently in phase I trials), and ISIS Pharmaceuticals' ISIS 5320. A new class of drugs known as integrase inhibitors has been of interest to pharmaceutical companies for the past several years; only one drug, Aronex Pharmaceuticals' Zintevir, has reached phase I/II trials.

Keywords: Anti-HIV Agents/PHARMACOLOGY/*THERAPEUTIC USE Drug Resistance, Microbial HIV Infections/*DRUG THERAPY HIV Integrase Inhibitors/PHARMACOLOGY/*THERAPEUTIC USE HIV Protease Inhibitors/PHARMACOLOGY/*THERAPEUTIC USE HIV-1/DRUG EFFECTS/GENETICS Human Membrane Fusion/*DRUG EFFECTS *Zinc Fingers NEWSLETTER ARTICLE
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