interferon alfa

interferon alfa

An INTERFERON class containing at least 15 functional proteins some of which are used as drugs to treat metastatic kidney cancers, chronic myeloid leukaemia, hairy cell leukaemia, hepatitis B and C, genital warts and AIDS -related KAPOSI'S SARCOMA. Brand names are Intron A, Roferon-A, Viraferon and Wellferon.