How long has prograf been around for transplant patients?
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How long has prograf been around for transplant patients?
7 doctors weighed in
Dr. George Loss
Surgery - Transplant
In brief:
Widely since 1994
Prograf or tacrolimus or fk-506 is a 23-membered macrolide lactone discovered in 1984 from the fermentation broth of a japanese soil sample that contained the bacteria streptomyces tsukubaensis.
It was approved by the fda as an immunosuppressant for liver transplanation in 1994 and is now approved for all solid organ transplants.
In brief:
Widely since 1994
Prograf or tacrolimus or fk-506 is a 23-membered macrolide lactone discovered in 1984 from the fermentation broth of a japanese soil sample that contained the bacteria streptomyces tsukubaensis.
It was approved by the fda as an immunosuppressant for liver transplanation in 1994 and is now approved for all solid organ transplants.
Dr. George Loss
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Dr. Stuart Flechner
Urology
In brief:
Over 20 years
Trials of the drug in the us started in the late
80s.
It was fda approved for kidney transplant in the 1990s.
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