ANTIVIRAL DRUGS FOR TREATMENT OF ARENAVIRUS INFECTION

• Main Authors: DAI, DONGCHENG, BURGESON, JAMES, R, AMBERG, SEAN, M, HRUBY, DENNIS, E
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 12.03.2015
• Subjects: AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BIOCIDES, e.g. AS DISINFECTANTS, AS PESTICIDES, AS HERBICIDES; FISHING; FORESTRY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HUNTING; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; PEST REPELLANTS OR ATTRACTANTS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES; PRESERVATION OF BODIES OF HUMANS OR ANIMALS OR PLANTS OR PARTSTHEREOF; TRAPPING

Compounds, methods and pharmaceutical compositions for treating viral infections, by administering certain compounds in therapeutically effective amounts are disclosed. Methods for preparing the compounds and methods of using the compounds and pharmaceutical compositions thereof are also disclosed. In particular, the treatment and prophylaxis of viral infections such as caused by the Arenavirus family such as Lassa fever, Argentine hemorrhagic fever, Bolivian hemorrhagic fever, and Venezuelan hemorrhagic fever. L'invention concerne des composés, des procédés et des compositions pharmaceutiques destinés au traitement d'infections virales, par administration de certains composés en quantités thérapeutiquement efficaces. L'invention concerne également des procédés de préparation des composés et des procédés d'utilisation des composés et de compositions pharmaceutiques de ceux-ci. L'invention concerne en particulier le traitement et la prophylaxie d'infections virales telles que celles causées par la famille des arénavirus comme la fièvre de Lassa, la fièvre hémorragique d'Argentine, la fièvre hémorragique de Bolivie et la fièvre hémorragique du Venezuela.