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. 2007 Aug 10;6:24. doi: 10.1186/1475-2859-6-24

Figure 10.

Figure 10

The first FDA-approved antisense drug. Structure of the 21-mer phosphorothioate, fomivirsen (brand name Vitravene, illustration from [223]). The patient target group for this drug is rather small, and it was taken off the market by the manufacturer in 2002 due to poor sales [224].