Word: hirulog
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Cambridge-based biotechnology firm Biogen, Inc. suffered a major setback this week, as the firm announced that it will stop most work on a the blood-thinning drug hirulog...
...Hirulog didn't demonstrate "a statistically significant effect compared to heparin," a stipulation needed for the drug to pass the high-level tests it was undergoing, Bloom said...
Bloom said she does not expect Biogen's failure with Hirulog to discourage other firms in the industry from putting money into research and development. Beta interferon, another of Biogen's new drugs, is a "very promising and encouraging" drug used to battle multiple sclerosis, Bloom said. The drug has passed all clinical testing and will be filed with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for approval in early 1995, she said...
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