In the large TRA-2P study of more than 26,000 patients with MI, ischemic stroke, or documented peripheral vascular disease, the novel antiplatelet agent vorapaxar significantly reduced the primary endpoint of CV death, MI, stroke or urgent coronary revascularization. But vorapaxar treatment resulted in a significant increase in bleeding, including intracranial hemorrhage. The fate of vorapaxar now appears to…
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