Lankenau Institute for Medical Research
Promising Results of Drug Trial Could Herald a Replacement for Popular Blood Thinner
Published in Health Business Week, September 18th, 2009
Researchers published promising results for a drug that could lead to a replacement for the very effective but difficult-to-use blood thinner Coumadin® (sold generically as Warfarin), taken by millions of Americans to reduce their risk of stroke. In the New England Journal of Medicine, lead U.S. researcher, clinical cardiologist and Vice President of the Lankenau Institute for Medical Research Dr. Michael Ezekowitz hailed the study results as "the first breakthrough in 60 years for preventing stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation."
The study by German pharmaceutical manufacturer Boehringer Ingelheim was the largest stroke prevention trial ever conducted among...
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