The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics
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ISSUE 1351
ISSUE 1351
November 15, 2010
Issue 1351
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Dabigatran Etexilate (Pradaxa) - A New Oral Anticoagulant
November 15, 2010 (Issue: 1351)
The FDA has approved the oral direct thrombin
inhibitor dabigatran (da big’ a tran) etexilate (Pradaxa –
Boehringer Ingelheim) for prevention of thromboembolic
stroke in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation.
It has been available in...more
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