Fougera Marks Fifth Snakebite Season with CroFab(TM); Crotalidae Polyvalent Immune Fab (Ovine) Available; Snakebite Myths and Misconceptions Remain Barrier to Treatment.

Business Wire | August 9, 2005 | Copyright

MELVILLE, N.Y. -- Fougera(R) Inc. announced today that CroFab(TM) - Crotalidae Polyvalent Immune Fab (Ovine) has marked its fifth season of use as the primary antivenom* for crotalid snakebites from snake species common to the United States. Crotalid is used to describe the Crotalinae subfamily (formerly know as Crotalidae) of venomous snakes that compose the vast majority of common North American snakes, including rattlesnakes, copperheads and cottonmouths/water moccasins. When CroFab was launched in 2001, it was the first new snakebite antivenom to be made available in ...

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