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FDA Advisory Committee recommends vorapaxar for CV Risk - Merck Inc.

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Last updated:17th Jan 2014
Published:17th Jan 2014
Source: Pharmawand

The FDA�s Cardiovascular and Renal Drugs Advisory Committee has on 16 January 2014 recommended for approval Zontivity (vorapaxar) from Merck.,. Vorapaxar is the company�s investigational antiplatelet medicine for the reduction of atherothrombotic events, when added to standard of care, in patients with a history of heart attack and no history of stroke or transient ischaemic attack.

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