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fomivirsen

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fomivirsen /fo·mi·vir·sen/ (fo-miv´er-sin) an antiviral agent used as the sodium salt in the treatment of cytomegalovirusretinitis associated with AIDS.
fomivirsen
[fomiv′ersin]
an antiviral agent administered by intravitreal injection in the treatment of cytomegalovirus retinitis associated with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS); used as the sodium salt.

fomivirsen [fo-miv´er-sin]
an antiviral agent administered by intravitreal injection in the treatment of cytomegalovirus retinitis associated with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS); used as the sodium salt.


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Fomivirsen Sodium Injection (Vitravene introvitreal injectable), Isis Pharmaceuticals Approved on August 26, 1998 for the local treatment of cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) who are intolerant of or have a contraindication to other treatment(s) for CMV retinitis or who were insufficiently responsive to previous treatment(s) for CMV retinitis.
Fomivirsen sodium for AIDS-related CMV (cytomegalovirus) retinitis and palivizumab for RSV (respiratory syncytial virus) complications will increase the fastest in demand among other new products.
Companies have been testing ASOs in the clinic for ten years, and one antisense product, fomivirsen (Isis Pharmaceuticals' Vitravene), is on the market.
 
 
 
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