edratide
English edit
Etymology edit
From [Term?] + -tide (“peptide, glycopeptide”).
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Noun edit
edratide (uncountable)
- (pharmacology) A synthetic peptide that is used to treat cases of lupus.
- 2009 July 20, Andrew Pollack, “Trial for New Lupus Treatment Is Called Promising”, in New York Times[1]:
- Among the companies that have had setbacks or outright failures in clinical trials are Roche and Biogen Idec with their drug Rituxan; La Jolla Pharmaceutical with Riquent; Bristol-Myers Squibb with Orencia; ZymoGenetics and Merck Serono with atacicept; Genelabs Technologies with Prestara; Teva Pharmaceutical Industries with edratide; and Aspreva Pharmaceuticals and Roche with CellCept.