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acyclovir: Facts & Related Content

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Also Known As	acycloguanosine

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antiviral drug AZT interferon remdesivir amantadine oseltamivir zanamivir protease inhibitor

Key People

Gertrude Elion, 1988.

Gertrude B. Elion

American scientist

George Herbert Hitchings

American scientist