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Retrovir — Competitive Intelligence Brief

Retrovir (ZIDOVUDINE) competitive landscape: 5 comparators, recent regulatory actions, upcoming PDUFA, patent timeline. Class: Hepatitis B Virus Nucleoside Analog Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitor [EPC]. Area: Immunology.

marketed Hepatitis B Virus Nucleoside Analog Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitor [EPC] Thymidine kinase, cytosolic Immunology Small molecule Live · refreshed every 30 min

Target snapshot

Retrovir (ZIDOVUDINE) — GSK. Retrovir works by mimicking the natural building blocks of DNA to prevent HIV from replicating.

Comparator set (5 drugs)

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DrugGenericSponsorPhaseClassTargetApproval / PDUFA
Retrovir TARGET ZIDOVUDINE GSK marketed Hepatitis B Virus Nucleoside Analog Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitor [EPC] Thymidine kinase, cytosolic 1987-01-01
Dendrid IDOXURIDINE Novartis marketed Nucleoside Analog Antiviral Thymidine kinase, cytosolic 1963-01-01
Tivicay DOLUTEGRAVIR GSK marketed Hepatitis B Virus Nucleoside Analog Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitor [EPC] Transmembrane protein 97 2013-01-01
Hepsera ADEFOVIR DIPIVOXIL Gilead Sciences marketed Hepatitis B Virus Nucleoside Analog Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitor DNA polymerase subunit gamma-1 2002-01-01
ABACAVIR SULFATE ABACAVIR SULFATE marketed Hepatitis B Virus Nucleoside Analog Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitor [EPC] 1998-01-01
Epivir LAMIVUDINE GSK marketed Hepatitis B Virus Nucleoside Analog Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitor [EPC] Deoxycytidine kinase 1995-01-01

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)

No upcoming patent expiries for this set.

Sponsor landscape (Hepatitis B Virus Nucleoside Analog Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitor [EPC] class)

  1. GSK · 3 drugs in this class
  2. · 1 drug in this class

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

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