Editorial
Nature Reviews Drug Discovery 6, 941 (December 2007) | doi:10.1038/nrd2485
Focus on: Antivirals
Three decades of antiviral drugs
Erik De Clercq1
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Rega Institute for Medical Research, K. U. Leuven, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium.
Email: erik.declercq@rega.kuleuven.be
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Abstract
Thirty years ago, just three drugs were available for the treatment of viral infections, but now more than forty have been approved. What have been the guiding principles in these achievements and what might the future hold for antiviral drug development?
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