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  • Lovenox, known generically as enoxaparin, is a rapid-acting version of heparin, the widely used blood thinner critical to millions of heart patients.

    New Generic Lovenox Receives FDA Approval Alicia Mundy 2011

  • The rapid-acting heparin, which carries the generic name enoxaparin, serves an expanding market of consumers with heart disease and obesity-related diabetes.

    Sanofi Seeks to Halt Lovenox Generic 2010

  • Follow-up interviews and discussions reveal that this method of self-deliverance may be less traumatizing for family members than more rapid-acting methods, such as the ingestion of drugs.

    imperfect endings Zoe FitzGerald Carter 2010

  • Momenta Pharmaceuticals Inc. sued Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., the world ' s largest generic-drug maker by sales, over patents related to the blockbuster rapid-acting heparin called enoxaparin.

    Momenta Sues Teva Over Patents For Heparin Alicia Mundy 2010

  • Since Momenta and Sandoz won FDA approval for their rapid-acting heparin in July, the drug ' s sales have topped $300 million.

    Watchdog Says FDA Risked Integrity Alicia Mundy 2010

  • The drug, also known by the generic name enoxaparin, is a rapid-acting form of heparin, a widely used blood thinner.

    FDA Approves Generic Lovenox 2010

  • Follow-up interviews and discussions reveal that this method of self-deliverance may be less traumatizing for family members than more rapid-acting methods, such as the ingestion of drugs.

    imperfect endings Zoe FitzGerald Carter 2010

  • Lovenox, a rapid-acting blood thinner, brought roughly $4 billion in sales to Sanofi in 2009.

    Sanofi Seeks to Halt Lovenox Generic 2010

  • I don't see much improvement in overall glucose control in many patients with the rapid-acting insulin taken at meals.

    Diabetes Treatment: How Much Insulin Do You Need? The Huffington Post News Team 2010

  • Your hand-held miniaturized rapid-acting virus detector is ready.

    "Bones" McCoy, call your office: Edward Willett 2007

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