Generic (Common) NameBrand NameCompanyYear Approved
Protease Inhibitors (PIs)
amprenavirAgeneraseGlaxoSmithKline1999; withdrawn 2007
atazanavirReyatazBristol-Myers Squibb2003
darunavirPrezistaTibotec2006
fosamprenavirLexiva (U.S.)
Telzir (Europe)
ViiV Healthcare2003
indinavirCrixivanMerck1996
lopinavir/ritonavirKaletraAbbott2000; Meltrex formulation 2005
nelfinavirViraceptViiV Healthcare1997
ritonavirNorvirAbbott1996
saquinavirInvirase (hard gel)
Fortovase (soft gel)
Roche1995
1997; withdrawn 2005
tipranavirAptivusBoehringer Ingelheim2005
Nucleoside/Nucleotide Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors (NRTIs)
abacavirZiagenViiV Healthcare1998
didanosine (ddI)VidexBristol-Myers Squibb1989; Videx EC 2000
emtricitabine (FTC)EmtrivaGilead2003
lamivudine (3TC)EpivirViiV Healthcare1995
stavudine (d4T)ZeritBristol-Myers Squibb1994
tenofovir DFVireadGilead2002
zalcitabine (ddC)HividRoche1992; withdrawn 2005
zidovudine (AZT)RetrovirViiV Healthcare1987
Non-Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors (NNRTIs)
delavirdineRescriptorViiV Healthcare1997
efavirenzSustiva (U.S.)
Stocrin (elsewhere)
Bristol-Myers Squibb1998
etravirineIntelenceTibotec2008
nevirapineViramuneBoehringer Ingelheim1996
Other Classes
enfuvirtide (T-20; fusion inhibitor)FuzeonRoche/Trimeris2003
maraviroc (CCR5 antagonist)Selzentry (U.S.)
Celsentri (elsewhere)
ViiV Healthcare2007
raltegravir (integrase inhibitor)IsentressMerck2007
Fixed-Dose Combinations
lamivudine/abacavir (NRTI)Epzicom (U.S.)
Kivexa (Europe)
ViiV Healthcare2004
tenofovir/emtricitabine (NRTI)TruvadaGilead2004
tenofovir/emtricitabine/efavirenz (NRTI/NNRTI)AtriplaGilead/Bristol-Myers Squibb2006
zidovudine/lamivudine (NRTI)CombivirViiV Healthcare1997
zidovudine/lamivudine/abacavir (NRTI)TrizivirViiV Healthcare2000
This article was originally published January 1, 2010 and most recently updated March 1, 2010.
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