Mechanisms of drug action


Here, we share the movies to show how antiviral drugs bind to their protein targets.

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  • Nevirapine

    • Name: Nevirapine

    • Approved date: June 1996

    • Drug action: It binds directly to HIV RT and inhibits DNA synthesis.

    • Pubchem link: 4463

    • Drug bank link: DB00238

    • PDB structure link: 4PUO



Antiviral drug history


As of September 2015, 60 antiviral drugs have been approved for clinical use. Please click the following picture for more drug movies.