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ZIAGEN® — Competitive Intelligence Brief

ZIAGEN® (ZIAGEN®) competitive landscape: 6 comparators, recent regulatory actions, upcoming PDUFA, patent timeline. Class: Nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NRTI). Area: Infectious Disease / Virology.

marketed Nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NRTI) HIV reverse transcriptase Infectious Disease / Virology Small molecule Live · refreshed every 30 min

Target snapshot

ZIAGEN® (ZIAGEN®) — ViiV Healthcare. ZIAGEN (abacavir) is a nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor that blocks HIV reverse transcriptase, preventing the virus from converting its RNA genome into DNA and replicating.

Comparator set (6 drugs)

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DrugGenericSponsorPhaseClassTargetApproval / PDUFA
ZIAGEN® TARGET ZIAGEN® ViiV Healthcare marketed Nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NRTI) HIV reverse transcriptase
Cabotegravir LA + Rilpivirine LA Cabotegravir LA + Rilpivirine LA Fundacion para la Formacion e Investigacion Sanitarias de la Region de Murcia marketed Antiretroviral combination (INSTI + NNRTI) HIV integrase and HIV reverse transcriptase
Raltegravir; Abacavir/Lamivudine Raltegravir; Abacavir/Lamivudine Central Institute of Epidemiology, Moscow, Russia marketed Antiretroviral combination therapy (integrase inhibitor + nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors) HIV integrase; HIV reverse transcriptase
Bictegravir / Emtricitabine / Tenofovir Alafenamide Pill Bictegravir / Emtricitabine / Tenofovir Alafenamide Pill Charlotte-Paige Rolle, MD marketed Antiretroviral combination (integrase inhibitor + nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors) HIV integrase, HIV reverse transcriptase
Raltegravir and Abacavir/Lamivudine Raltegravir and Abacavir/Lamivudine Denver Infectious Disease Consultants, PLLC marketed Antiretroviral combination (INSTI + NRTI) HIV integrase, HIV reverse transcriptase
Raltegravir and truvada Raltegravir and truvada The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston marketed Antiretroviral combination (INSTI + NRTI) HIV integrase; HIV reverse transcriptase
Tenofovir disoproxil/emtricitabine/rilpivirine Tenofovir disoproxil/emtricitabine/rilpivirine Sheba Medical Center marketed Antiretroviral combination (NRTI + NNRTI) HIV reverse transcriptase

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)

No upcoming patent expiries for this set.

Sponsor landscape (Nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NRTI) class)

  1. French National Agency for Research on AIDS and Viral Hepatitis · 3 drugs in this class
  2. Chia Tai Tianqing Pharmaceutical Group Co., Ltd. · 2 drugs in this class
  3. ViiV Healthcare · 2 drugs in this class
  4. Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University · 2 drugs in this class
  5. Asan Medical Center · 1 drug in this class
  6. Dong-A ST Co., Ltd. · 1 drug in this class
  7. Bristol-Myers Squibb · 1 drug in this class
  8. Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) · 1 drug in this class
  9. Fu-Sheng Wang · 1 drug in this class
  10. Avexa · 1 drug in this class

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Cite this brief

Drug Landscape (2026). ZIAGEN® — Competitive Intelligence Brief. https://druglandscape.com/ci/ziagen. Accessed 2026-05-15.

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