Shantsila Eduard, Lip Gregory Y H
City Hospital, University Department of Medicine, Haemostasis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology Unit, Dudley Road, Birmingham, B18 7QH, UK.
Curr Opin Investig Drugs. 2008 Sep;9(9):1020-33.
Apixaban is an oral, direct Factor Xa inhibitor that is being developed by Bristol-Myers Squibb Co and Pfizer Inc. Apixaban is currently undergoing phase III clinical trials for cerebrovascular ischemia, deep vein thrombosis and lung embolism, and phase II clinical trials for coronary artery disease.