Thrombopoietic agents are drugs that induce the growth and maturation of megakaryocytes.Michael Clinton Perry. The Chemotherapy Source Book. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2008 pg. 51 Some of them are currently in clinical use: romiplostim,Romiplostim eltrombopag, oprelvekin (a recombinant interleukin 11) and thrombopoietin. Several others are under clinical investigation such as lusutrombopag and avatrombopag.
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