Torcitabine

Known as: L-Deoxycytidine

A nucleoside inhibitor with activity against hepatitis B virus. Torcitabine is modified in vivo to its triphosphate form and acts as a competitive…

National Institutes of Health

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2004

Idenix (formerly Novirio) and Novartis are developing two beta-L-deoxynucleosides, telbivudine and torcitabine, for the potential…