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efavirenz

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e·fa·vir·enz  (-fävîr-nz)
n.
A non-nucleoside drug used to treat HIV infection.

[e(thyne) + f(luoro)- + vir(us) + (b)enz(yl).]

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4%) had received non-NRTIs (59 patients received only efavirenz, 30 received only nevirapine, and 5 received both) and 53 patients (41.
Cipla (India), Ranbaxy (India), Strides Arcolab (India) and Aspen Pharmacare (South Africa)- relying on supply of active pharmaceutical ingredients from Matrix Laboratories (India)-will offer the ARV efavirenz for $240 per patient per year, and Cipla will offer the ARV abacavir for $447.
based in Cork, Ireland and now part of Johnson & Johnson, is a "second generation" NNRTI (non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor)--an antiretroviral in the same class as efavirenz (brand name Sustiva, or Stochrin in many countries) or nevirapine (Viramune).
 
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