Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A protease-inhibiting drug usually used in combination with other drugs to suppress the replication of HIV.
Wiktionary
- n. pharmacology An anti-retroviral drug of the protease inhibitor class that is used in to treat HIV infected patients.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a protease inhibitor (trade name Norvir) used in treating HIV
Etymologies
- rito-, of unknown origin + -navir, protease inhibitor suff. (from saquinavir). (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“UK, reported that they had almost completely cleared the virus from the blood and lymphoid tissues of patients through use of AZT, lamivudine and another drug called ritonavir, the journal added.”
“Abbott's preferential pricing policy for ritonavir has been in place, unchanged, for a decade, Dirk van Eeden, director of HIV communication and policy at Abbott, told IRIN/PlusNews via email.”
The Guardian: HIV and Aids: bad news for drug prices in middle-income countries
“The report notes that Abbott excludes low- and middle-income countries from differential prices for the standalone heat-stable ritonavir 100mg tablet.”
The Guardian: HIV and Aids: bad news for drug prices in middle-income countries
“Drugs such as Johnson & Johnson's darunavir - which, when boosted by ritonavir, is listed by WHO as a potential third-line drug - are not free in most ARV programmes, and cost as much as $1,095 per person per year in sub-Saharan Africa.”
The Guardian: HIV and Aids: bad news for drug prices in middle-income countries
“In 1996 Abbott Labs began manufacturing the new anti-AIDS drug ritonavir.”
“In April 2010, Ecuador issued a compulsory license for lopinavir/ritonavir, an AIDS medication.”
The Huffington Post: Robert Naiman: Brazil Should Lead on Access to Essential Medicines
“Mylan will make available its second-line antiretroviral treatments -- atazanavir, ritonavir, tenofovir and lamivudine.”
The Wall Street Journal: Pfizer, Mylan to Discount HIV Drugs
“In addition to reducing the number of pills taken per day, the products will include the first heat stable-version of ritonavir, eliminating the need for refrigeration.”
The Wall Street Journal: Pfizer, Mylan to Discount HIV Drugs
“It turns out that every AIDS cocktail can benefit from a dash of ritonavir because it has the positive side effect of keeping all drugs in the blood stream longer.”
Merrill Goozner: Best AIDS Drugs Still Unavailable to Global Poor
“They probably spent less than $150 million in bringing an analog of this first drug, ritonavir, to market.”
Merrill Goozner: Best AIDS Drugs Still Unavailable to Global Poor
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SCIE - EU nomenclature
All the scientific words found in the official EU nomenclature. For the screening I used Vocabgrabber of the Visual Thesaurus.
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IMCO - EU nomenclature
includes words of the "Prodcom list"
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