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Medicine

May 14, 2008

Study likely spells end for anti-bleeding drug

“In all likelihood, this is the end of the aprotinin story”

An anti-bleeding drug probably will stay off the market, experts say, after a rigorous study found patients getting the medication during heart surgery were much more likely to die than patients given other ... via KARE-TV Minneapolis

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