22-12-2017 13:15 via baltimore.cbslocal.com

FDA Approves Injection To Treat Low Blood Pressure

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved an injection called Giapreza.
The injection is for intravenous infusion to increase blood pressure in adults with septic or other distributive shock. The approval came on Thursday.
According to officials at the FDA, shock is the inability to maintain blood flow to vital tissues and can result in organ failure and death. Norman Stockbridge, the director of the Division of Cardiovascular and Renal Products in the
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