desmoteplase
English
editEtymology
editFrom desmo- + -teplase (“tissue-type plasminogen activator”).
Noun
editdesmoteplase (uncountable)
- (pharmacology) A chemical found in the saliva of vampire bats that catalyzes the conversion of plasminogen to plasmin, used as a thrombolytic.
- 2007 June 1, Reuters, “Experimental Stroke Drug Fails Late-Stage Trial”, in New York Times[1]:
- The Danish drug group H. Lundbeck has a deal with Paion to market desmoteplase in countries outside the United States and Canada, where Forest has the rights.