| abstract |
A new class of diketo acids constructed on nucleobase scaffolds, designed as inhibitors of HCV replication through inhibition of HCV NS5B RNA polymerase, is described. These compounds are useful in the prevention or treatment of infection by HCV and in the treatment of other Flaviviridae infections, either as the compounds, or as pharmaceutically acceptable salts, with pharmaceutically acceptable carriers, used alone or in combination with antivirals, immunomodulators, antibiotics, vaccines, and other therapeutic agents. Methods of treating HCV and methods of treating or preventing infection by HCV are also described. |