Entecavir (commercial name Baraclude) is an oral antiviral drug discovered at the pharmaceutical company Bristol-Myers Squibb; it is designed to selectively inhibit the Hepatitis B virus, blocking all three steps in the replication process.
This drug has been accepted by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in March 2005; it is more efficient than an older Hepatitis B drug, lamivudine.
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