Who are Ziagen's main competitors?

Direct comparators (same drug class / molecular target / therapeutic area): Biktarvy, BICTEGRAVIR SODIUM, Vemlidy, TENOFOVIR ALAFENAMIDE FUMARATE, Emtriva, Videx.

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Ziagen — Competitive Intelligence Brief

Ziagen (ABACAVIR) competitive landscape: 6 comparators, recent regulatory actions, upcoming PDUFA, patent timeline. Class: Human Immunodeficiency Virus Nucleoside Analog Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitor. Area: Immunology.

marketed Human Immunodeficiency Virus Nucleoside Analog Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitor Immunology Small molecule Live · refreshed every 30 min

Target snapshot

Ziagen (ABACAVIR) — GSK. Abacavir works by mimicking a building block of DNA, tricking the virus into incorporating it into its genetic material and preventing replication.

Comparator set (6 drugs)

Auto-detected by same drug class / molecular target / therapeutic area, ranked by phase + recency. Override with ?vs=slug1,slug2,….

Drug	Generic	Sponsor	Phase	Class	Approval / PDUFA
Ziagen TARGET	ABACAVIR	GSK	marketed	Human Immunodeficiency Virus Nucleoside Analog Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitor	1998-01-01
Biktarvy	BICTEGRAVIR	Gilead Sciences	marketed	Human Immunodeficiency Virus Nucleoside Analog Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitor [EPC]	2018-01-01
BICTEGRAVIR SODIUM	BICTEGRAVIR SODIUM		marketed	Human Immunodeficiency Virus Nucleoside Analog Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitor [EPC]	2018-01-01
Vemlidy	TENOFOVIR ALAFENAMIDE	Gilead Sciences	marketed	Human Immunodeficiency Virus Nucleoside Analog Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitor [EPC]	2015-01-01
TENOFOVIR ALAFENAMIDE FUMARATE	TENOFOVIR ALAFENAMIDE FUMARATE		marketed	Human Immunodeficiency Virus Nucleoside Analog Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitor [EPC]	2015-01-01
Emtriva	EMTRICITABINE	Gilead Sciences	marketed	Human Immunodeficiency Virus Nucleoside Analog Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitor [EPC]	2003-01-01
Videx	DIDANOSINE	Bristol-Myers Squibb	marketed	Human Immunodeficiency Virus Nucleoside Analog Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitor	1991-01-01

Recent regulatory actions (last 90 days)

No regulatory actions in the last 90 days for this set.

Upcoming PDUFA dates (next 180 days)

No PDUFA dates in the next 180 days for this set.

Patent timeline (forward window)

2032-08-15 — Biktarvy · 9296769 · US
2032-08-15 — Biktarvy · 8754065 · US
2033-02-15 — Biktarvy · 8754065*PED · US
2033-02-15 — Biktarvy · 9296769*PED · US
2033-12-19 — Biktarvy · 9216996 · US
2033-12-19 — Biktarvy · 9732092 · US
2035-06-19 — Biktarvy · 9708342 · US
2035-06-19 — Biktarvy · 10385067 · US
2036-11-08 — Biktarvy · 10548846 · US

Sponsor landscape (Human Immunodeficiency Virus Nucleoside Analog Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitor class)

Bristol-Myers Squibb · 1 drug in this class
GSK · 1 drug in this class

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Drug Landscape (2026). Ziagen — Competitive Intelligence Brief. https://druglandscape.com/ci/abacavir. Accessed 2026-05-14.

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