Taurolidine is an antibacterial and antifungal agent with a mechanism of action that is less prone to development of antimicrobial resistance. A taurolidine/heparin lock solution carries a lower risk ...

If the heparin shortage goes critical, there are some steps that could mitigate the harm, as one group outlined. "Manufacturing disturbances and an outbreak of African swine fever in China are ...

Anecdotal reports of subtherapeutic heparin have kept many cardiologists across the world on edge over the past couple of months, although no regulatory authority has yet confirmed a specific problem.

Leroy Hubley, 72, married for 48 years and a father of three, has lived through tragedy no one should endure once, and he did so twice in the span of a month. Bonnie Hubley, his wife, had polycystic ...

LAKE ZURICH, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fresenius Kabi announced today it has introduced in the United States two new presentations of Heparin Sodium in convenient, ready-to-administer Freeflex ® IV bags.

Blood-thinning drug heparin is typically derived from pig intestines. These tissues are rich in mast cells that naturally produce heparin. But outbreaks of the dangerous swine fever disease affected ...

This leaflet answers some common questions about DBL Heparin Sodium Injection BP ampoule. It does not contain all the available information. It does not take the place of talking to your doctor or ...

Doctors rely on the drug heparin, a blood thinner, to prevent blood clots during surgery and kidney dialysis. But they also rely on protamine, which binds heparin and blocks its action, to restore ...

THE occurrence of reactions following the use of anticoagulants in the management of patients with myocardial infarction, pulmonary infarction and thrombophlebitis and after vascular surgery has ...

A drug that has been used for nearly a century to prevent and dissolve blood clots may also delay the onset of Alzheimer’s disease, according to a study in the October 8 Molecular Psychiatry. Heparin ...