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Istaroxime is an investigational drug under development for treatment of acute decompensated heart failure
Originally patented and developed by Sigma-Tau, it was sold to CVie Therapeutics in July 2012.[1]
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Istaroxime is an investigational drug under development for treatment of acute decompensated heart failure Originally patented and developed by Sigma-Tau...
experimental purposes, SERCA can be inhibited by thapsigargin and induced by istaroxime. SERCA function is upregulated in the skeletal muscle of rabbits and in...
developed as a postcoital contraceptive but was similarly never marketed. Istaroxime Elks J (14 November 2014). The Dictionary of Drugs: Chemical Data: Chemical...
has been said that its mechanism of action remains unknown. Epostane Istaroxime Hahn DW, Allen GO, Greenslade FC (1977). "The Post-Implantive Contragestational...