Eli Lilly and Co withdrew its sepsis drug Xigris from all markets after the product, deemed a potential big seller when it was approved a decade ago, failed to improve survival in a clinical trial.
Sepsis is a severe, often life-threatening illness caused by the immune system's over-aggressive response to infections -- releasing inflammatory proteins that cause shock and shut down multiple organs. The condition occurs in 1 to 2 percent of all hospitalizations in the United States.
Xigris, which has never reached its lofty initial sales projections, had global sales of about $100 million in 2010. It has garnered total sales of $1.5 billion since being approved in the United States in 2001 and in Europe the following year.
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