Meanings
nounfaldaprevir (uncountable)
- uncountablemedicineAn experimental drug for the treatment of hepatitis C.
In similar pharmacokinetic studies in healthy volunteers, faldaprevir concentrations were increased by ritonavir-boosted darunavir, and decreased by tenofovir and efavirenz, which may ultimately require dose adjustments of the HCV PI in the presence of certain ARVs.
2013 December 15, Tilahun Amdissa Gemtessa, Lisa M. Chirch, “Update on Hepatitis C Virus and HIV Coinfection”, in Journal of Clinical and Translational Hepatology, volume 1, →DOI
Origin
From [Term?] + -previr (“hepatitis C virus protease inhibitor”).
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