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Dova Pharmaceuticals Inc is a United States based clinical-stage pharmaceutical company engaged in developing treatments for patients suffering from orphan diseases. It is focused on acquiring, developing and commercializing drug candidates for diseases that are treated by specialist physicians, with an initial focus on addressing thrombocytopenia, a disorder characterized by a low blood platelet count. The company's drug candidate, avatrombopag, is an orally administered thrombopoietin receptor agonist, or TPO-RA, that it is developing for the treatment of thrombocytopenia. The company's drug candidate, avatrombopag, is designed to mimic the effects of thrombopoietin, in vitro and in vivo. Thrombopoietin is a hormone produced in the liver and kidney that binds to its receptor.
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