requirements in a broad range of potential medical applications. The factor distinguishing Biopure’s two products from other blood substitute products being developed by two possible rivals‚ Baxter International and Northfeild Laboratories‚ is that its hemoglobin based source is bovine rather than human and was derived from the blood cells of cattle. Both of Biopure’s blood substitute products were in the final stages of the approval process of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 1998. Oxyglobin
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Diagnosis Panleukopenia Treatment Iv catheter‚ iv fluids supplemented with b-vitamins and dextrose(to prevent hypoglycemia)‚ Metronidazole (anti-diarrheal used to treat giarrdia)‚ Ponazuril(to treat the coccidia)‚ Lithium Citrate (to elevate white blood cell count)‚ Tamiflu (anti-viral)‚ Na Ampicillin (antibiotic to prevent any secondary infection)‚ Cerenia (anti-emetic to control the vomiting)‚ Buprenex (pain management) NPO- allow GI tract to settle‚ wait until pet’s vomiting stops to introduce
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In particular‚ one man was on the forefront of blood and plasma storage with the purpose of transfusions. Before he was elected to lead the Blood for Britain movement in 1940 (Charles R. Drew papers‚ 2012‚ ACS‚ 2016)‚ Dr. Charles Drew had already won recognition for the analysis of blood collection and storage procedures he researched for his dissertation (Charles R. Drew papers‚ 2012). He and his mentor‚ John Scudder‚ created an experimental blood bank‚ where they conducted research on shock treatments
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through families in which red blood cells form an abnormal crescent shape. The “sickling” occurs because of a mutation in the hemoglobin gene. Sickle cells are stiff and sticky. They tend to block blood flow in the blood vessels of the limbs and organs. Blocked blood flow can cause pain‚ serious infections‚ and organ damage. Life expectancy in people who have this disease is shortened. Anemia is a condition in which your blood has a lower than normal number of red blood cells. This condition also
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Biopure Corporation Written Case Study I. Current Situation Audit A. Issue Oxyglobin and Hemopure are two blood substitutes that Biopure Corporation was developing. Oxyglobin was recently approved by the FDA for veterinary use while Hemapure is estimated to be approved in two years for human use. If Oxyglobin is launched it will be the first blood substitute for the veterinary market a small and price sensitive market. There is a perceived risk by Ted Jacobs‚ the VP of Human Clinical Trials
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Elaine Hale and Hubert Wayne White. Ryan was only 6 days old when doctors diagnosed him with a severe form of type A hemophilia. Hemophilia is a blood disease that causes the sufferer’s blood cannot clot and minor injuries can cause them to even bleed to death. Because Ryan had hemophilia‚ he had to receive blood transfusions of Factor VIII‚ a product of blood that aids in clotting. Although Ryan had this severe disease‚ he could still go about his life as normal as possible. But everything changed for
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Takiya Clausell Our Different Cell’s July 18‚ 2011 Sickle cell anemia is an inherited blood disease that means you are born with it and it lasts a lifetime. People with sickle cell anemia inherit two variant or sickle cell genes‚ one from each parent. In the United States‚ sickle cell anemia affects about 72‚000 people. About 2 million Americans carry the sickle cell trait but about 1 in 12 African Americans have the trait. The signs and symptoms of sickle cell anemia are
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Andrew Walters 3/22/12 Biopure Biopure Corporation specializes in blood substitutes for transfusion patients‚ both in the veterinary market and the human market. However‚ in 1998‚ Biopure faced the monumental decision of whether to begin selling Oxyglobin‚ a blood substitute‚ to the veterinary market or to wait until Hemoglobin‚ a blood substitute for the human market‚ became available for sale. The problem is whether or not the company should launch Oxyglobin before Hemoglobin is FDA-approved
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Sickle Cell Anemia Sickle cell anemia is an inherited blood disease. The word anemia is defined as meaning that the blood does not have the required number of red blood cells. These cells take on a crescent shape‚ which is where the disease takes its name from the abnormal sickle shapes of the cells. It is commonly found in people from Africa‚ the Mediterranean region‚ southern India and the Middle East. “This disease of the blood was first discovered in 1910 in a black college student from the
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