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PHILADELPHIA - Warfarin, one of the most inconvenient, dangerous and disliked drugs in the world, has remained vitally important for more than 50 years.
That tells you how much difficulty scientists have had coming up with safer, easier pills to do what warfarin does - fight life- threatening blood clots.See the full content of this document
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Better Blood Thinners Making Their Way to Market
Now, at long last, better oral blood thinners are on the horizon. In July, the Food and Drug Administration approved Effient to prevent clots in patients undergoing angioplasty to unblock a coronary artery. The maker of Brilinta plans to seek FDA approval for use in such patients by year's end.
Next in the race for the FDA's impri...See the full content of this document
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