Apixaban Shows Mortality Advantage, But Will It Survive FDA Scrutiny?
Executive Summary
Bristol-Myers Squibb/Pfizer’s Eliquis (apixaban) may be the first of the new anticoagulants to show a significant mortality benefit in the atrial fibrillation population, but it remains to be seen whether this advantage will withstand FDA’s regulatory scrutiny.
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