The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics
				
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February 28, 1997
                		
                	Reteplase (Retavase)
					
					
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Reteplase (Retavase)
February 28, 1997 (Issue: 995)
					Reteplase (Retavase - Boehringer Mannheim), a recombinant protein derivative of  human tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA), has been marketed in the USA for thrombolysis  in patients with acute myocardial infarction.
 
        			
        			
					
					
					
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