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A Rapid and Effective Antidote for Anticoagulant Bleeds
A specially-designed antidote to reverse acute, potentially life-threatening anticoagulant-related bleeding worked quickly and was well-tolerated, according to interim results of the ongoing ANNEXA-4 study. Andexanet alfa reduced anticoagulant activity by roughly 90 percent within half an hour among patients with acute major bleeding while receiving a factor Xa (fXa) inhibitor, resulting in “excellent or good” homeostatis…