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Medicure Announces Filing of sNDA for New AGGRASTAT® Indication

Medicure Inc. ("Medicure" or the "Company") (TSXV:MPH, OTC:MCUJF), a specialty pharmaceutical company, is pleased to announce that it has submitted a supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to expand the label for AGGRASTAT (tirofiban HCl) to include the treatment of patients presenting with ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). AGGRASTAT is currently approved by the FDA for treatment of patients presenting with non-ST segment elevation acute coronary syndrome (NSTE ACS). If approved for STEMI, AGGRASTAT would be the first in its class of Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa Inhibitors (GPI) to receive such a label in the United States.

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