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n. - A protease inhibitor (trade name Viracept) used in treating HIV usually in combination with other drugs.

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  • Researchers at the Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana have discovered that the HIV-1 protease inhibitors (PIs), such as nelfinavir included in...
  • Therapies which included nelfinavir (Viracept), amprenavir
  • And Agouron Pharmaceuticals will soon seek approval for nelfinavir, the first protease inhibitor formulated for children as well as adults.
  • In August 2001, Brazilian Health Minister Jose Serra announced the Brazilian government would issue a compulsory license for the manufacture of the antiretroviral drug...
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