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(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- The drug rt-PA may prevent infection in kidney dialysis patients, according to a new study.People with kidney failure undergo hemodialysis -- a treatment that cleans out their blood. Often, a catheter is required. However, catheter malfunction is a complication that involves blood clots forming at the catheter tip as well as infections in the bloodstream. The drug heparin is used as a locking solution in the catheter after dialysis to help prevent malfunction and keep...

MALVERN, Pa., Dec. 15, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Arlington Medical Resources (AMR), a provider of premier market intelligence for the pharmaceutical and diagnostic imaging industries, finds that, in the treatment of atrial fibrillation, surveyed European cardiologists indicate that use of vitamin K antagonists, as a class, is primarily driven by the availability of an oral formulation, overall low cost and widespread inclusion on European medical society guidelines and hospital formularies....

BASKING RIDGE, N.J., Nov. 16, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Regado Biosciences, Inc., a privately held company leading the development of antithrombotic aptamers with active control agents, announced that Thomas J. Povsic, MD, Ph.D., Duke University Medical Center, presented an abstract at the AHA Scientific Sessions meeting on November 16, 2010 at 10:45 a.m. CST in Chicago, IL. The abstract, entitled "RB006, a Direct Factor IX Inhibitor Results in Consistent and Near Complete Inhibition of Factor...

IRVINE, Calif., Oct. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- B. Braun Medical Inc. (B. Braun) was recently notified by its supplier, Scientific Protein Laboratories LLC (SPL), of a nationwide recall of a lot of Heparin Sodium USP Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) sold to B. Braun because additional testing of retained crude heparin samples used by SPL to manufacture this single API lot indicated a trace amount of oversulfated chondroitin sulfate (OSCS) contaminant. As a result, B. Braun is initiating a...

BURLINGTON, Mass., Sept. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Decision Resources, one of the world's leading research and advisory firms for pharmaceutical and healthcare issues, finds that, driven primarily by the launch and widespread uptake of novel oral anticoagulants, the combined markets for drugs used in the treatment and prophylaxis of venous thromboembolism will experience robust growth, increasing from $2.9 billion in 2009 to more than $5 billion in 2019 in the United States, France, Germany,...

BEDFORD, Mass., Sept. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Instrumentation Laboratory (IL), today announced it will host the 2nd IL Asia Pacific Hemostasis Forum on Wednesday, October 13, 2010 at the Grand Hyatt Nusa Dua, in Bali, Indonesia. The event will run from 8:00 am to 12:00 pm, local time. The forum will focus on the latest clinical and diagnostic advances and trends in hemostasis. All healthcare professionals, practicing in the Asia Pacific region are welcome to attend. Professor Karmel...

(Ivanhoe Newswire) "“ Many coronary procedures are done every year, and many involve the use of Heparin, an anticoagulant which prevents the blood from clotting and forming harmful bigger clots in the veins and arteries. It is typically used in lower doses for patients getting coronary procedures, but this study shows that using lower doses isn't more effective than using normal dosage.Patients with acute coronary syndrome initially treated with Fondaparinux, an anticoagulant which prevents...

Patients with acute coronary syndromes initially treated with the anticoagulant fondaparinux who underwent a coronary procedure (such as balloon angioplasty) and received a lower dose of the anticoagulant heparin during the procedure did not have a reduced rate of major bleeding and vascular access site complications, according to a study that will appear in the September 22 issue of JAMA. The study is being released early online to coincide with its presentation at the European Society of...

A landmark international study, coordinated by McMaster University, has found that lower doses of a blood thinner called unfractionated heparin (UFH) during angioplasty did not reduce bleeding or vascular complications compared to standard dose UFH in patients initially treated with a blood thinner, fondaparinux.In a prior study, the OASIS 5 trial, researchers from McMaster University showed that a blood thinner fondaparinux compared to another blood thinner, enoxaparin, reduced serious...

BEDFORD, Mass., Aug. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Instrumentation Laboratory (IL) today announced the release of the new HemosIL HIT-Ab(PF4-H) assay as a European CE IVD Mark product under the European Directive on In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Devices. Delivering results in minutes, the HemosIL HIT-Ab(PF4-H) assay detects total immunoglobulin against Platelet Factor 4-Heparin complexes, the antibodies associated with the pathology of HIT. (Logo:...