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February 4, 2013
                		
                	Apixaban (Eliquis) - A New Oral Anticoagulant for Atrial Fibrillation
					
					
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Apixaban (Eliquis) - A New Oral Anticoagulant for Atrial Fibrillation
February 4, 2013 (Issue: 1409)
					The FDA has approved apixaban (Eliquis – Bristol-Myers Squibb/Pfizer), an oral direct factor Xa inhibitor,
for prevention of stroke and systemic embolism in
patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation. It is the third
new oral anticoagulant to...more
 
        			
        			
						
					
					
					
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