1. 실험적인 항바이러스 약제
2. RNA 바이러스에 대응해서 RNA 중합효소를 선택적으로 억제
3. influenza viruses, West Nile virus, yellow fever virus, foot-and-mouth disease virus, flaviviruses, arenaviruses, bunyaviruses and alphaviruses에 활성화됨
4. RNA 바이러스에 대해서 생존불가능한 표현형으로 전환 돌연변이를 유도함
5. 포유류 세포의 RNA나 DNA 합성을 억제하지는 않고, 포유류 세포에 독성이 있지는 않음
6. 2014년에 일본에서 인플루엔자 대응 목적으로 비축이 승인됨
7. 인간의 주요 기도세포에 대하여는 효능을 보여주지 않아서 인플루엔자 치료에 대해서는 효과가 있는지 의심됨
8. 쥐 에볼라 바이러스에 대해서는 효능을 보여주지만, 인간 에볼라 바이러스에 대해서는 효능이 증명되지 않음.
9. 프랑스에서 이 약을 먹고 에볼라 바이러스로부터 치료되었다는 보고가 있고, 다른 국가들에서도 혈중 저~중농도의 에볼라 바이러스에 의한 치사율을 낮춰주었다고 보고됨. 고농도의 에볼라 바이러스에 대해서는 효과가 없음
10. 현재 우한코로나바이러스에도 사용 중
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