clopidogrel Archives

Breakthrough in drug trial offers hope for heart attack patients

New findings from a major drug trial have brought experts a step closer to developing a drug which could prevent thousands of British deaths from heart attacks.
Dr Robert Storey, Reader at the University of Sheffield and Consultant Cardiologist a…

McMaster study contradicts reports of problems with blood-thinner

New findings by McMaster University researchers contradict earlier reports that people with a certain genetic make-up don’t benefit from the blood-thinner clopidogrel, also known as Plavix.
After researchers from the United States, France and Germ…