The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics
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ISSUE 1482
ISSUE 1482
November 23, 2015
Issue 1482
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Idarucizumab (Praxbind) - An Antidote for Dabigatran
November 23, 2015 (Issue: 1482)
The FDA has approved idarucizumab (Praxbind –
Boehringer Ingelheim) for urgent reversal of the
anticoagulant effect of the direct thrombin inhibitor
dabigatran etexilate (Pradaxa). Idarucizumab is the
first specific reversal agent to become...more
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