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Anticoagulant pills in a prescription bottle

Half-dose apixaban noninferior for preventing recurrent VTE in cancer patients

By Lynda Williams, medwireNews Reporter

medwireNews: For patients with active cancer and venous thromboembolism, a reduced dose of apixaban is noninferior to the standard dose for preventing recurrent thromboembolic episodes and significantly reduces the risk of clinically relevant bleeding, report the API-CAT investigators.

This independent news story was supported by an educational grant from L’Institut Servier, Suresnes, France.

Read the full story on the L’Institut Servier website

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