Recent news on Fragmin

Extended Treatment with Fragmin® Approved to Reduce Recurrence of ...  -  May 11, 2007
Cancer Consultants (press release),The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new indication for Fragmin® (dalteparin sodium injection). It is now approved for the extended

FDA approves new indication for FRAGMIN for the extended treatment ...  -  May 6, 2007
News-Medical.net,The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new indication for FRAGMIN (dalteparin sodium injection), for the extended treatment of symptomatic

FDA Approves FRAGMIN(R) as First Low-Molecular-Weight Heparin for ...  -  May 3, 2007
PipelineReview.com (press release),FRAGMIN is the first low-molecular- weight heparin (LMWH) approved in the US for the extended treatment of recurrent VTE in patients with cancer.

FDA Approves FRAGMIN(R) as First Low-Molecular-Weight Heparin for ...  -  May 2, 2007
PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung),Today's FDA approval is based on data from the CLOT* study, which evaluated the safety and efficacy of FRAGMIN in reducing the recurrence of DVT/PE in

FDA Approves Fragmin for Additional Indication  -  May 3, 2007
Facts and Comparisons,The FDA has approved a new indication for Pfizer’s Fragmin (dalteparin sodium) injection for the extended treatment of symptomatic venous thromboembolism

Pfizer, Eisai Get Additional Fragmin OK  -  May 2, 2007
Forbes,Pfizer Inc. and Eisai Co. said Wednesday the Food and Drug Administration approved Fragmin for use in treating recurrent blood clots in cancer patients.

Pfizer, Eisai say anti-clotting drug gets additional approval  -  May 2, 2007
ReutersT: Quote, Profile, Research said on Wednesday that US health regulators approved anti-clotting drug Fragmin for extended treatment to reduce the recurrence

Cancer patients told to 'captain' their treatment  -  Apr 16, 2007
Brockville Recorder and Times,She needed an injection of Fragmin in her belly each day to thin her blood. She developed pneumonia but battled on with her chemo.

New CEO shakes up Pfizer  Oct 11, 2006
A panel of the US Food and Drug Administration recently said Pfizer’s anti-blood-clotting drug Fragmin warrants wider approval. ... -Worcester Telegram, With Pfizer Bigger is Better  Oct 12, 2006
An FDA panel had a good response to Fragmin, an anti-blood clotting drug, and Champix, an anti-smoking aid, has been approved in Europe, where smoking is ... -Seeking Alpha, FDA panel backs Pfizer's Fragmin for expanded use  Sep 7, 2006
Pfizer is proposing to expand the use of its drug, Fragmin, to prevent a condition known as venous thromboembolism in cancer patients. ... -MarketWatch

Panel backs Fragmin use in cancer  Sep 7, 2006
Pfizer won the backing of a US Food and Drug Administration advisory panel yesterday to extend the use of its anti-clotting drug Fragmin to include the ... -Pharma Times (subscription)

FDA Panel Backs Pfizer's Fragmin For Expanded Use -2-  Sep 6, 2006
Fragmin has been on the US market since 1994 and is approved for short-term use in patients undergoing certain types of abdominal and hip-replacement surgery. ... -Easy Bourse (Communiqués de presse)

UPDATE 1-More patients on Pfizer drug stop due to death-FDA  Sep 5, 2006
York-based Pfizer, the world's largest drugmaker, plans on Wednesday to request that an FDA advisory panel on back the use of the drug, Fragmin, for treating ... -Reuters

UPDATE 1-US panel backs Pfizer drug for cancer patients  Sep 6, 2006
SILVER SPRING, Md., Sept 6 (Reuters) - Pfizer Inc.'s (PFE.N: Quote, Profile, Research) anti-blood-clotting drug Fragmin effectively prevents blood clots in ... -Reuters

Panel backs Pfizer drug for cancer patients  Sep 6, 2006
SILVER SPRING, Maryland (Reuters) - Pfizer Inc's anti-blood-clotting drug Fragmin effectively prevents blood clots in cancer patients and warrants wider ... -Reuters

More patients on Pfizer drug stop due to death-FDA  Sep 5, 2006
CHICAGO, Sept 5 (Reuters) - Twice as many patients stopped taking Pfizer Inc.'s (PFE.N: Quote, Profile, Research) anti-blood clotting drug Fragmin due to death ... -Reuters

Prevalence of Upper Extremity Deep Venous Thrombosis Diagnosed by ...  Sep 22, 2006
Upper extremity deep venous thrombosis in cancer patients with venous access devices: prophylaxis with a low molecular weight heparin (Fragmin). ... -Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine (subscription)

A tale of 3 drugs - and 1 biotech  Aug 30, 2006
...of Genasense. FDA advisors will also be voting on Fragmin, a blood thinner from the world's biggest drug maker, Pfizer Inc. (up ... -CNNMoney.com

Abraxis drug needs more data  Sep 7, 2006
The panel also recommended that the FDA OK expanded use of Pfizer's drug Fragmin to prevent a potentially fatal condition in cancer patients called venous ... -United Press International

US panel supports Pfizer drug for cancer patients  Sep 6, 2006
SILVER SPRING, Md., Sept 6 (Reuters) - Data for Pfizer Inc.'s (PFE.N: Quote, Profile, Research) anti-blood-clotting drug Fragmin show it effectively prevents ... -Reuters

Pfizer Blood-Clot Drug Gets Panel's OK  Sep 6, 2006
...patients. Fragmin has Food and Drug Administration approval for use in preventing blood clots in some surgery and heart patients. ... -Los Angeles Times

PHARMACEUTICALS: Internal probe clears Merck executives  Sep 6, 2006
Fragmin already has Food and Drug Administration approval for use in preventing blood clots in some surgery and heart patients. ... -St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Unfractionated Heparin: Effective Therapy at Bargain Price  Aug 22, 2006
...day course of treatment for a patient weighing 176 pounds would be $712 for low molecular weight heparin Lovenox (enoxaparin) or Fragmin (dalteparin) versus ... -MedPage Today

Study: Cheaper blood thinner just as effective  Aug 22, 2006
...often as blood clots in the legs, injections of low-molecular weight heparin such as Sanofi-Aventis’ blockbuster Lovenox and Pfizer’s Fragmin have been ... -MSNBC

Ordinary Heparin as Effective as Expensive Blood Thinner  Aug 23, 2006
...often as blood clots in the legs, is treated with injections of low-molecular weight heparin like Sanofi-Aventis’ blockbuster Lovenox and Pfizer’s Fragmin. ... -MedIndia

Cheaper blood thinner just as effective, study says  Aug 22, 2006
...weight heparin such as Sanofi-Aventis'(SASY.PA: Quote, Profile, Research) blockbuster Lovenox and Pfizer's (PFE.N: Quote, Profile, Research) Fragmin have been ... -Reuters

Analysis: At home with heparin? study  Aug 22, 2006
Doctors used either dalteparin (Fragmin) or exonaparin (Lovenox) as the low-molecular-weight heparins in the study, depending on individual or institution. ... -Monsters and Critics.com

Cheaper anticoagulant as effective as newer drugs: study  Aug 22, 2006
They include Sanofi-Aventis SA's (SNY) best-selling drug Lovenox, Pfizer Inc's (PFE) Fragmin and Abbott Laboratories' (ABT) Clivarin, which is sold in Europe ... -MarketWatch

New Jersey business briefs  Aug 23, 2006
Drugs like Paris-based Sanofi's Lovenox and Fragmin, from Tokyo-based Eisai, can be given via injection at home and are becoming the standard of care for ... -NorthJersey.com



Proximal Deep Vein Thrombosis After Hip Replacement for Oncologic ...  May 1, 2006
The North American Fragmin Trial Investigators.Arch Intern Med . 2000;160:2199 -207. [Abstract/Free Full Text]. McCart GM, Kayser SR. ... - Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery





Clopidogrel Treatment Prior to Percutaneous Coronary Intervention  Apr 4, 2006
1999;341:548]. FREE FULL TEXT. 17. Lindahl B, Venge P, Wallentin L, Fragmin in Coronary Artery Disease (FRISC) Study Group. Troponin ... - Journal of American Medical Association (subscription)

How much fish oil supplement can safely be consumed?  Mar 8, 2006
Such drugs include aspirin, NSAIDs (eg, ibuprofen, naproxen), clopidogrel (Plavix), dalteparin (Fragmin), enoxaparin (Lovenox) and warfarin (Coumadin). ... - Pioneer Press

Eisai Inc. Assumes US Distribution for Fragmin  Jan 26, 2006
...announced today that, effective January 1, 2006, the company has assumed US distribution of Fragmin® (dalteparin sodium injection), an anti-coagulant. ... - PharmaLive.com

Summit Park Volunteer Firefighter Charged with Arson  Jan 17, 2006
..."Everybody was more or less devastated. Disbelieving," says fire chief Brenda Fragmin. Fragmin says she's known Shingleton since he was a baby. ... - WVNS-TV

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