 
        
						Mouna Sassi  MD
	
					    												
Tunisia						                            
                            
						
 Research Article
												Generic and Branded Enoxaparin Bioequivalence: A Clinical and
Experimental Study 						
Author(s): Hamdi Boubaker MD, Mohamed Habib  Grissa MD, Mouna Sassi  MD, Taher Chakroun  MD, Kaouthar  Beltaief MD, Mohsen  Hassine MD, Grigoris T  Gerotziafas MD, Rabie Razgallah  MD, Wahid Bouida MD, Riadh Boukef MD, Ismail Elalamy  MD and Semir Nouira  MDHamdi Boubaker MD, Mohamed Habib  Grissa MD, Mouna Sassi  MD, Taher Chakroun  MD, Kaouthar  Beltaief MD, Mohsen  Hassine MD, Grigoris T  Gerotziafas MD, Rabie Razgallah  MD, Wahid Bouida MD, Riadh Boukef MD, Ismail Elalamy  MD and Semir Nouira  MD             
						
												
				 Our aim is to compare a new generic version of enoxaparin (Enoxa®) with the parent brand (Lovenox®). We included patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) for the clinical study and healthy volunteers for the experimental study. ACS patients randomly assigned to receive a bolus of Enoxa® (n=86) or Lovenox® (n=83) and serum anti-Xa activity was measured 4 hours thereafter. For experimental study, blood from healthy volunteers was used to compare the effect of both formulations on thrombin generation in citrated platelet-poor plasma (PPP). The half maximal inhibitory concentration of the drug (IC50) that is required to inhibit 50% in-vitro thrombin generation parameters, mean rate index (MRI) and endogenous thrombin potential (ETP). Both IC50 MRI and IC50 ETP were calculated in PPP. In ACS patients, serum anti-Xa activity was found not different between Enoxa® and .. View More»
				  
												DOI:
												 10.4172/jbb.1000244