Thursday, November 04, 2010

Haemophilia drug can damage heart, study finds | HEALTH News

Using high doses of Novo Nordisk's anti-clotting medicine to treat dangerous bleeding in non-haemophiliacs may raise the risk of heart attack or related complications, researchers said.

The drug, NovoSeven, is a genetically engineered version of factor VII, a key protein missing in some people with the bleeding disease haemophilia.

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