Drug that prevents clot breakdown could save thousands of accident victims worldwide

a cheap, widely available and easily administered drug which reduces the rate of blood-clot breakdown -could save the lives of thousands of accident victims worldwide. The CRASH-2 study, published Online First and in an upcoming Lancet, also concludes that TXA should now be included on the WHO list of essential medicines. The Article is written by Professor Ian Roberts and Dr Haleema Shakur, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK, and colleagues from the CRASH-2 consortium.

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