Synthetic pentasaccharide that inhibits factor Xa; analog of fondaparinux sodium, q.v. Prepn: M. Petitou, C. A. van Boeckel, EP 0529715; eidem, US 5378829 (1993, 1995 both to Akzo; Sanofi); P. Westerduin et al., Bioorg. Med. Chem. 2, 1267 (1994). Biochemical and pharmacological properties: J. M. Herbert et al., Blood 91, 4197 (1998). Comparative pharmacokinetics in rats: J. P. Hérault et al., Thromb. Haemostasis 87, 985 (2002). Clinical pharmacology and reversal by factor VIIa: N. R. Bijsterveld et al., Br. J. Haematol. 124, 653 (2004). Review of clinical development: Q. Ma, J. Fareed, IDrugs 7, 1028-1034 (2004).
Antithrombotic.
Antithrombotic