| 21. | William Tillett discovered streptokinase, later used for the acute treatment of myocardial infarction, at Bellevue in 1933.
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| 22. | Currently available thrombolytic agents include streptokinase, urokinase, and alteplase ( recombinant tissue plasminogen activator, rtPA ).
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| 23. | Because of the anticoagulant effect of fibrinogen depletion with streptokinase and urokinase treatment, it is less necessary there.
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| 24. | Astra AB sells its streptokinase, a drug in the same class, for about one-tenth that price.
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| 25. | Doctors injected streptokinase, an enzyme produced by steptococcal bacteria, that Rogers had used in treating patients with infectious diseases.
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| 26. | At $ 2, 200 a dose, it is nearly seven times as expensive as the best alternative, Streptokinase.
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| 27. | TPA ( tissue plasminogen activator ) and streptokinase are the two main clot-busting drugs, also known as thrombolytics.
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| 28. | Cuba also makes such drugs as recombinant streptokinase, the " clot-buster " for heart attack victims.
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| 29. | However, data released Thursday night from three major studies of streptokinase, a drug similar to TPA, were disappointing.
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| 30. | The study projects that 14 additional years of life will be added for every 100 patients receiving t-PA over streptokinase.
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