Xigris (Zy-gris, drotrecogin alfa), the first drug approved for treating severe sepsis

January 2002

Lilly is now marketing Xigris (Zy-gris, drotrecogin alfa), the first drug approved for treating severe sepsis.

Until now the main treatment for severe sepsis was antibiotics.

Xigris is the first drug shown to improve survival in cases of severe septic infections. It reduces deaths by about 20%...or saves one life for every 5 patients who would have died.

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