rilpivirine

English

Etymology

From [Term?] +‎ -virine (“nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor”).

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Noun

rilpivirine (uncountable)

1. (pharmacology) A drug used to treat HIV infection.
   • 2015 July 25, “Reasons and Risk Factors for the Initial Regimen Modification in Chinese Treatment-Naïve Patients with HIV Infection: A Retrospective Cohort Analysis”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     In this paper, we excluded the HIV infected patients taking indinavir, didanosine or rilpivirine as the initial regimen for cART.