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Trasylol-Kidney Failure And Death

Saturday, April 24th, 2010

Aprotinin, sold under the brand name Trasylol was approved by the Food and Drug Administration for use in 1993. Trasylol was used to control bleeding in hundreds of thousands of heart bypass patients. Bayer AG developed Trasylol to prevent blood loss and to limit the need for blood transfusions during bypass surgery.

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