Download or read book TPA for Stroke written by Justin A. Zivin and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2010-12-03 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: TPA for Stroke: The Story of a Controversial Drug explains the drug's beginnings within pharmaceutical giant Genentech, and its eventual marginalization due to a convergence of unfortunate political, fiscal, and medical circumstances.