New Anticoagulant May Cut VTE In Medically Ill

–Generally positive results for Portola’s betrixaban, despite missed key endpoint Betrixaban may yet become the first new oral anticoagulant to gain approval for extended venous thromboembolism (VTE) prophylaxis in the important and underserved group of medically-ill patients, even though its pivotal trial was damaged by a self-inflicted statistical wound. There were consistent differences in favor of…

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FDA Approves New Oral Anticoagulant From Daiichi Sankyo

And then there were four. Late Thursday the FDA announced that it had approved edoxaban, the new oral anticoagulant manufactured by Daiichi Sankyo. The drug will be marketed under the brand name of Savaysa and joins three other new drugs in the large and important new oral anticoagulant marketplace… … Click here to read the full post on Forbes, including a…

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