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Merck & Co., Inc. and Portola Enter Worldwide License Agreement to Develop and Commercialize Betrixaban, a Novel Investigational Oral Anticoagulant for Cardiovascular Disease

Published in Surgery Litigation and Law Weekly, July 24th, 2009

Merck & Co., Inc. and Portola Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced they have signed an exclusive global collaboration and license agreement for the development and commercialization of betrixaban, an investigational oral Factor Xa inhibitor anticoagulant currently in Phase II clinical development for the prevention of stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation (SPAF).

"Betrixaban represents an important addition to our late-stage portfolio with the potential to be a significant medicine in the Factor Xa inhibitor class," said Luciano Rossetti M.D., senior vice president and franchise head, Atherosclerosis and Cardiovascular, Merck Research Laboratories. "This agreement...

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