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Bristol-Myers Squibb and Pfizer Announce Plans To Submit Regulatory Filing for Apixaban In Europe

Published in Vaccine Weekly, December 30th, 2009

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE: BMY) and Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) announced that the companies are planning to submit an application for regulatory approval of apixaban in Europe for the prevention of venous thromboembolism (VTE) after orthopedic surgery in the first half of 2010. The application will be supported by ADVANCE-2 and ADVANCE-3, two clinical trials that evaluated apixaban versus the European dosing regimen of enoxaparin for prevention of VTE in patients undergoing orthopedic surgery. Results of ADVANCE-2 were first presented in July 2009 at the 22nd Congress of the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis in Boston. The ADVANCE-3 data will be submitted for publication...

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