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Article: Afid Therapeutics Inc.'s New Anticoagulant Heparin Replacement Passes in Vivo Test.
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- August 19, 2008
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LANSING, Mich., Aug. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Afid Therapeutics, Inc. announced today that it had completed successful in vitro and in vivo (whole animal) demonstrations of the efficacy of its new "traceless" anticoagulant, which is meant to replace heparin in many applications. The in vivo and some of the in vitro studies were carried out by an independent certified third party laboratory. Heparin is a complex drug, which is used beyond the reach of chemical synthesis and can only be obtained from sources such as the intestines and lungs of pigs and cattle. The manufacture and use of heparin from cattle is banned in the US, Canada and Europe, and the main commercial sources ...