FDA approves first anticoagulant (blood thinner) for pediatric patients to treat potentially life-threatening blood clots

FDA approves first anticoagulant (blood thinner) for pediatric patients to treat potentially life-threatening blood clots

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Fragmin (dalteparin sodium) injection, for subcutaneous use, to reduce the recurrence of symptomatic venous thromboembolism (VTE) in pediatric patients one month of age and older. VTE can include deep vein thrombosis (blood clot in the deep veins of the leg) and pulmonary embolism (blood clot in the lungs), which can lead to death.

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