The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics
				
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   			ISSUE 995
February 28, 1997
                			
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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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