AstraZeneca's Ticagrelor Brilliant At ECS Congress; Will It Outshine Effient?
Executive Summary
The comparator in AstraZeneca's PLATO trial for its antiplatelet candidate Brilinta (ticagrelor) was clopidogrel (Bristol-Myers Squibb/Sanofi-Aventis' Plavix) but the real test for the product, should it reach the market, may be against Eli Lilly/Daiichi Sankyo's recently approved Effient (prasugrel)
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