Sunday, 08 July 2007

Bayer's blood-clot drug beats Lovenox in key study

(Reuters) - The news confirms the German drugmaker's leadership in the multibillion-dollar race to bring a new class of oral anticoagulants to market.




Results of a large Phase III trial showed only 9.6 percent of patients given rivaroxaban experienced venous thromboembolism , or blood clots, following total knee replacement against 18.9 percent of those on Sanofi-Aventis SA's Lovenox.


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