A major clinical trial finds prothrombin complex concentrate (PCC) is safer and more effective than frozen plasma for treating bleeding during cardiac surgery. Discover key findings and implications ...

Four years ago, protein drug developer Zymogenetics in Seattle began developing a recombinant version of the blood-clotting protein thrombin. On 17 January, it received US marketing approval for ...

Researchers have discovered in a new study published in JAMA that prothrombin complex concentrate (PCC) has greater ...

In patients experiencing excessive bleeding during cardiac surgery, a concentrated blood product containing proteins that ...

which observed non-activated four factor prothrombin complex concentrate (4F-PCC) was statistically superior to the standard therapy, frozen plasma, in patients experiencing excessive bleeding ...