Definition of "peramivir" [peramivir]

• A neuraminidase inhibitor being developed as an antiviral drug to treat influenza. (noun)

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• "The FDA issued a so-called emergency use authorization late Friday that allows doctors to use peramivir, which is delivered intravenously, in certain hospitalized adult and pediatric patients with confirmed or suspected H1N1 influenza."
• "The FDA's so-called emergency-use authorization allows doctors to use peramivir, which is delivered intravenously, in certain hospitalized adult and pediatric patients with confirmed or suspected H1N1 flu."
• "The company's intravenous experimental drug called peramivir received an"