Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Clot Wars contd. Xarelto single pill beats enoxaparin, VKA combo

Bayer HealthCare announced today that the oral anticoagulant Xarelto® (rivaroxaban), used as a single drug intervention, was as effective and safe as the current dual drug approach of subcutaneous enoxaparin followed by Vitamin K antagonist (VKA), in treating patients with acute symptomatic pulmonary embolism (PE) and preventing them from developing a secondary venous thromboembolism (VTE).

http://www.hospitalpharmacyeurope.com/default.asp?title=Xarelto_single_pill_beats_enoxaparin%2C_VKA_combo&page=article.display&article.id=28417

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