The Antidote To Competition: Portola’s Rivals Fund Study On Class-Wide Anticoagulant Antidote
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
Although one day it may compete with Bristol-Myers Squibb and Pfizer in the market for anticoagulant Factor Xa inhibitors, Portola has partnered with the two pharmas to fund a study on its class-wide antidote compound that prevents serious bleeding events.
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