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Nature Reviews Drug Discovery 6, 267–268 (1 April 2007) | doi:10.1038/nrd2295

Telbivudine

Jules Dienstag , Chris Easley & Peter Kirkpatrick

Telbivudine (Tyzeka; Idenix/Novartis), a nucleoside analogue that inhibits the hepatitis B virus polymerase, was approved by the US FDA in October 2006 for the treatment of adults with chronic hepatitis B.