Bayer’s Xarelto Backed in Final Stroke Guidance From U.K.’s NICE
By Kristen Hallam -
2012-05-22T23:00:00Z
The U.K.’s National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence published final guidance recommending Bayer AG (BAYN)’s Xarelto blood-thinner as a cost- effective way to prevent strokes in people with an irregular heartbeat known as atrial fibrillation.
Deciding whether to start treatment with the drug should be made after the patient and physician have discussed Xarelto’s risks and benefits compared with warfarin, an older treatment, the health-cost agency, known as NICE, said today in an e-mailed statement.
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