Drug that cease Postpartum Haemorrhage.The medication, known as heat-stable carbetocin, may also save thousands of babies who are at an increased risk of death in the first month after their mothers suffered a postpartum haemorrhage, a World Health Organization (WHO) study found.

A revamped drug that withstands extreme heat and has a 1,000-day shelf life could save the nearly 70,000 new mothers around the world who die from bleeding every year, new research suggests.


When carbetocin was compared against the standard-of-care drug oxytocin, both medications were equally as effective at stopping bleeding, the research adds.

Yet, oxytocin has to be stored between 2°C and 8°C from the moment it is manufactured to when it is used, making it unsuitable in countries with poor refrigeration access or unreliable power supplies.

Heat-stable carbetocin is effective after three years at 30°C, making it better suited to hot and humid countries, according to the WHO.


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