Review Article

Molecular Understanding of HIV-1 Latency

Table 1

Licensed antiretroviral drugs.

NameTrade nameCompanyLaunched

                 Nucleoside/nucleotide reverse transcriptase inhibitors

ZidovudineRetrovirGlaxoSmithkline1987
DidanosineVidexBristol-Myers Squibb1991
ZalcitabineHIVIDRoche1992
StavudineZeritBristol-Myers Squibb1995
LamivudineEpivirGlaxoSmithkline/shire pharmaceuticals1998
AbacavirZiagenGlaxoSmithkline1999
TenofovirVireadGilead2001
EmtricitabineEmtrivaGilead2003

                 Non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors

NevirapineViramuneBoehringer Ingelheim1996
EfavirenzSustiva, StocrinBristol-Myers Squibb, Merck1998
DelavirdineRescriptorPharmacia, Upjohn, Agouron, Pfizer1999
RilpivirineEdurantTibotec Therapeutics2011
EtravirineIntelenceTibotec Therapeutics2008

                      Protease inhibitors

SaquinavirInviraseHoffmann-La Roche1995
IndinavirCrixivanMerck1996
RitonavirNorvirAbbott, GlaxoSmithkline1996
NelfinavirViraceptAgouron, Pfizer1997
AmprenavirAgenerase, ProzeiVertex1999
Lopinavir + RitonavirKaletra, AluviaAbbott2000
AtazanavirReyataz, ZrivadaBristol-Myers Squibb, Novartis2003
FosamprenavirLexiva, TelzirVertex, GlaxoSmithkline2003
TipranavirAptivusBoehringer Ingelheim2005
DarunavirPrezistaTibotec2006

                      Entry inhibitors

EnfuvirtideFuzeonTrimeris, Roche2003
MaravirocCelsentri, SelzentryPfizer2007

                   Integrase strand transfer inhibitors

RaltegravirIsentressMerck & Co., Inc.2007

                   Multi-class combination inhibitors

Efavirenz, Emtricitabine, and Tenofovir disoproxil fumarateAtriplaBristol-Myers Squibb and Gilead Sciences2006
Emtricitabine, Rilpivirine, and Tenofovir disoproxil fumarateCompleraGilead Sciences2011