In vivo activity of a new heparinoid.

Org 10172 is a heparinoid prepared during the manufacture of porcine mucosal heparin. This compound has been compared with a standard commercial grade heparin in vitro and in vivo using experimental thrombosis and bleeding models in rabbits. Increasing doses of both the heparin and the heparinoid resulted in a similar prolongation of a Xa clotting time and the APTT, but the heparinoid had no effect on the thrombin clotting time over the …