Patient Dies After Taking Pfizer's Drug for Blood Disorder

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2. Like Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) that veterinarians so aptly & grimly refer to "Dead IN CAGE--DIC)

Treating these blood diastheses (clotting disorders, whether from hemophilia or autoimmune, sepsis, or severe traumatic conditions) is such a daunting proposition that most cannot appreciate. They (and the media) will see that a patient receiving the experimental treatment died and while rightfully horrified, will not find the necessary context to appreciate how serious the condition is, how deadly, and how desperately we need effective drugs to treat it. I hope this patient's death will provide the information that might help refine this and other drugs or the recommendations that might ultimately target their use, but likewise that it will not halt cautious testing and research--even on this drug.