Ancrod (current brand name: Viprinex) is a defibrinogenating agent derived from the venom of the Malayan pit viper. Defibrinogenating blood produces an anticoagulant effect. Ancrod is not approved or marketed in any country but is being investigated as a stroke treatment in worldwide clinical trials. In January 2005 the U.S.
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