drotrecogin alfa

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drotrecogin alfa

GtoPdb Ligand ID: 6788

Synonyms: drotrecogin alfa (activated) | HSDB 7366 | Xigris®

drotrecogin alfa is an approved drug (FDA (2001), EMA (2009))

Compound class: Peptide

Comment: Drotrecogin alfa (activated) is a recombinant form of human activated protein C.

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References
1. Kanji S, Devlin JW, Piekos KA, Racine E. (2001) Recombinant human activated protein C, drotrecogin alfa (activated): a novel therapy for severe sepsis. Pharmacotherapy, 21 (11): 1389-402. [PMID:11714212]
2. Kapur S, Kupfer Y, Tessler S. (2001) Recombinant human activated protein C for severe sepsis. N Engl J Med, 345 (3): 219-20; author reply 220-1. [PMID:11463021]

References

1. Kanji S, Devlin JW, Piekos KA, Racine E. (2001)
Recombinant human activated protein C, drotrecogin alfa (activated): a novel therapy for severe sepsis.
Pharmacotherapy, 21 (11): 1389-402. [PMID:11714212]

2. Kapur S, Kupfer Y, Tessler S. (2001)
Recombinant human activated protein C for severe sepsis.
N Engl J Med, 345 (3): 219-20; author reply 220-1. [PMID:11463021]