Trade names Tretten, NovoThirteen Routes ofadministration Injection Legal status US: ℞-only | AHFS/Drugs.com tretten ATC code B02BD11 (WHO) | |
Pregnancycategory US: C (Risk not ruled out) | ||
Catridecacog (brand name Tretten in the US and NovoThirteen in Europe) is a class of recombinant factor XIII A-subunit based biopharmaceutical medicine, indicated in patients with a rare clotting disorder, congenital factor XIII A-subunit deficiency, which is a kind of Factor XIII deficiency. The medication prevents bleeding in patients with this condition, and has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for this use in the US in 2014. It was brought to market by Novo Nordisk.
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