Chemical formula: C₈H₁₀FN₃O₃S Molecular mass: 247.043 g/mol
Emtricitabine is a synthetic nucleoside analogue of cytidine with activity that is specific to HIV-1, HIV-2 and HBV. Emtricitabine is phosphorylated by cellular enzymes to form emtricitabine 5'-triphosphate, which competitively inhibits HIV-1 reverse transcriptase, resulting in DNA chain termination. Emtricitabine is a weak inhibitor of mammalian DNA polymerase α, β and ε and mitochondrial DNA polymerase γ.
This medicinal substance has been classified in the anatomical therapeutic chemical (ATC) classification according to its main therapeutic use as follows:
| ATC code | Group title | Classification |
|---|---|---|
| J05AF09 | Emtricitabine | J Antiinfectives for systemic use → J05 Antivirals for systemic use → J05A Direct acting antivirals → J05AF Nucleoside and nucleotide reverse transcriptase inhibitors |
Competent medicine agencies globally have authorized commercialization of this active ingredient according to these medication package inserts (MPIs):
| Title | Information Source | Document Type | |
|---|---|---|---|
| EMTRIVA Hard capsule | European Medicines Agency (EU) | MPI, EU: SmPC | |
| EMTRIVA Oral solution | European Medicines Agency (EU) | MPI, EU: SmPC |
Emtricitabine is an active ingredient of these brands:
United States (US)Australia (AU)Austria (AT)Brazil (BR)Canada (CA)Croatia (HR)Cyprus (CY)Ecuador (EC)
Estonia (EE)Finland (FI)France (FR)Germany (DE)Hong Kong (HK)Ireland (IE)Israel (IL)Japan (JP)Lithuania (LT)Netherlands (NL)New Zealand (NZ)Nigeria (NG)
Poland (PL)Romania (RO)Singapore (SG)South Africa (ZA)
Spain (ES)Turkey (TR)United Kingdom (UK)Note the following: The list of brand names is continuously updated, and thus does not include the total of products circulating worldwide. |
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