The FDA has approved TNKase, a tissue plasminogen, clot-dissolving agent, to treat acute ischemic stroke in adults, according ...

According to Roche subsidiary Genentech, which announced the label expansion on Monday, TNKase is the first new drug for ...

For patients with acute ischemic stroke (AIS) whose symptoms began 4.5 to 24 hours earlier, alteplase is associated with a higher percentage of patients achieving a score of 0 or 1 on the modified ...

Ischemic stroke continues to rank among the top causes of death and long-term disability globally. While advances in acute treatments like clot retrieval and thrombolysis have improved outcomes, the ...

Genentech’s label expansion for TNKase consolidates its market position for pharmacological stroke treatments.

The FDA has approved TNKase, a thrombolytic or clot-dissolving agent, for the treatment of acute ischemic stroke (AIS) in ...

The approval is based on results of the AcT trial, where tenecteplase was comparable to alteplase for safety and efficacy.

Discover how smoking and alcohol consumption dramatically increase stroke risk by raising blood pressure, damaging vessels, ...

Notably, off-label tenecteplase had already become the preferred thrombolytic for acute ischemic stroke before the expanded ...

Genentech announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved TNKase, a thrombolytic or clot-dissolving agent, for the treatment ...

Genentech has had the lone medicine on the market for the acute treatment of stroke. | Over nearly the last three decades, ...

Genentech, a member of the Roche Group (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY), today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug ...