Intracerebral hemorrhage is the least treatable form of stroke and is associated with 30% to 50% mortality rate. Early hematoma growth occurs in 18% to 38% of patients scanned within 3 hours of intracerebral hemorrhage onset, and hematoma volume is an important predictor of poor outcome. Recombinant activated factor VII, a potent initiator of hemostasis, is currently approved for the treatment ...

NovoSeven® (Novo Nordisk, Denmark) is a recombinant DNA preparation of activated blood coagulation factor VII (rFVIIa). It is used to manage bleeding in hemophilia patients for whom standard therapy is inadequate because of the presence of inhibitors to either factor VIII (hemophilia A) or factor IX (hemophilia B). It poses no risk for the transmission of human pathogens, and it is infused in r...