- In November 2021, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited had announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for LIVTENCITY (maribavir) for the treatment of adults and pediatric patients along with post-transplant cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection that is refractory to treatment with ganciclovir, cidofovir, valganciclovir or foscarnet. LIVTENCITY is a type of new molecular entity which targets CMV at pUL97 and further causes inhibition of viral DNA replication, nuclear egress and encapsidation.
