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adefovir
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Also known as Adéfovir, 9-(2-phosphonylmethoxyethyl)adenine, 9-(2-(phosphonomethoxy)ethyl)adenine, Adefovirum

Adefovir is a prescription medicine used to treat (chronic) infections with hepatitis B virus. A prodrug form of adefovir was previously called bis-POM PMEA, with trade names Preveon and Hepsera. It is an orally administered nucleotide analog reverse-transcriptase inhibitor (ntRTI). It can be formulated as the pivoxil prodrug adefovir dipivoxil.

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