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factor VIII

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factor VIII
n.
See antihemophilic factor.
factor VIII
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biochemistry) a protein that participates in the clotting of blood. It is extracted from donated serum and used in the treatment of the commonest type of haemophilia, in which it is absent
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Noun1.factor VIIIfactor VIII - a coagulation factor (trade name Hemofil) whose absence is associated with hemophilia A
antihaemophilic factor, antihaemophilic globulin, antihemophilic factor, antihemophilic globulin, Hemofil
clotting factor, coagulation factor - any of the factors in the blood whose actions are essential for blood coagulation


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One of the company's manufacturing plants in Thousand Oaks also received Food and Drug Administration approval to produce Factor VIII, Baxter's flagship hemophilia product.
BIOMEDS LOOKING HEALTHY $3.7 BILLION GENERATED IN SALES by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Periodic blood tests over the next year revealed that all three patients in the high-dose group and one in the low-dose group sometimes had factor VIII concentrations that the researchers interpreted as higher than those shown at the start of the study.
Genetically altered cells ease hemophilia by Seppa, N. / Science News
There, Hyland Immuno makes its recombinant Factor VIII, a genetically engineered drug that treats people with the most common from of hemophilias and is one of the company's best sellers, generating $500 million in sales last year.
Baxter Pumps Millions Into Biotech Unit by NETHERBY, JENNIFER / Los Angeles Business Journal
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