Injection molding is a manufacturing process for producing parts from some thermoplastic and thermosetting plastic materials. Material is fed into a heated barrel, mixed, and forced into a shape mold cavity where it cools and hardens to the form of the mold cavity.
A randomized trial in a cardiac operation population (BART) study in the May 14, 2008 online issue of The New England Journal of Medicine, Bayer Pharmaceuticals, the manufacturer of Trasylol (aprotinin), notified the FDA of their purpose to remove all remaining supplies of Trasylol from hospital pharmacies and warehouses. Because Trasylol has been shown to decrease the require for red blood cell transfusions in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery, next supplies of Trasylol will continue to be available done the company as an investigation drug under a special treatment protocol.
