Xigris Flops

Editor Emeritus on October 26th, 2011

FDA notified healthcare professionals and the public that on October 25, 2011, Eli Lilly and Company announced a worldwide voluntary market withdrawal of Xigris [drotrecogin alfa (activated)]. In a recently completed clinical trial (PROWESS-SHOCK trial), Xigris failed to show a survival benefit. Xigris failed to show a survival benefit for patients with severe sepsis and […]

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