Baxter Healthcare's hemoglobin therapeutic, HemAssist (diaspirin cross-linked hemoglobin), an oxygen-carrying intravenous solution, has been cleared by the US Food and Drug Administration to enter Phase III clinical trials in patients with blood loss and shock caused by severe trauma. According to the company, this is the first "blood substitute" of its kind to reach advanced-stage surgery and trauma research.
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