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Also known as T-705, favilavir, 5-fluoro-2-hydroxypyrazine-3-carboxamide

Favipiravir, sold under the brand name Avigan among others, is an antiviral medication used to treat influenza in Japan. It is also being studied to treat a number of other viral infections, including SARS-CoV-2. Like the experimental antiviral drugs T-1105 and T-1106, it is a pyrazinecarboxamide derivative.

Key facts

Drug.image
Favipiravir.svg
Drug.image_class
skin-invert-image
Drug.image2
Favipiravir-from-xtal-Mercury-3D-balls.png
Drug.image_class2
bg-transparent
Drug.tradename
, Avifavir, Areplivir, others
Drug.routes_of_administration
By mouth
Drug.ATC_prefix
J05
Drug.ATC_suffix
AX27
Drug.legal_status
Rx-only
Drug.CAS_number
259793-96-9
Drug.PubChem
492405
Drug.DrugBank
DB12466
Drug.ChemSpiderID
431002
Drug.UNII
EW5GL2X7E0
Drug.KEGG
D09537
Drug.ChEBI
134722
Drug.ChEMBL
221722
Drug.synonyms
T-705, favipira, favilavir

via Wikipedia infobox

Chemical data

Formula
C5H4FN3O2
Molecular weight
157.1 g/mol
IUPAC name
5-fluoro-2-oxo-1H-pyrazine-3-carboxamide
SMILES
C1=C(N=C(C(=O)N1)C(=O)N)F
InChIKey
ZCGNOVWYSGBHAU-UHFFFAOYSA-N
XLogP
-0.6
Polar surface area
84.6 Ų
H-bond donors
2
H-bond acceptors
4
Formal charge
0

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Wikidata facts

Mass
157.029
Has use
medication
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chemical formula
C₅H₄FN₃O₂
canonical SMILES
C1=C(N=C(C(=O)N1)C(=O)N)F
route of administration
oral administration
subject has role
antiviral drug
World Health Organisation international non-proprietary name
favipiravir
pKa
5.1
melting point
187
Commons category
Favipiravir
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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • Medical use
  • Side effects
  • Mechanism of action
  • Synthesis
  • Society and culture
  • Legal status
  • Brand names
  • Use in Russia
  • Research
  • COVID-19
  • Ebola
  • Nipah
  • Other
  • Tautomerism
  • References
  • External links

Favipiravir, sold under the brand name Avigan among others, is an antiviral medication used to treat influenza in Japan. It is also being studied to treat a number of other viral infections, including SARS-CoV-2. Like the experimental antiviral drugs T-1105 and T-1106, it is a pyrazinecarboxamide derivative.

It is being developed and manufactured by Toyama Chemical (a subsidiary of Fujifilm) and was approved for medical use in Japan in 2014. In 2016, Fujifilm licensed it to Zhejiang Hisun Pharmaceutical Co. It became a generic drug in 2019.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “favipiravir” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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