FDA Advisory Panel Votes In Favor Of Approval For Merck’s Vorapaxar


The FDA’s Cardiovascular and Renal Drugs Advisory Committee voted 10-1 in favor of approval for vorapaxar, Merck's novel thrombin receptor antagonist. The “roller coaster ride” cliché might have...
    






Merck’s Vorapaxar Gets Positive FDA Review


A few years ago a novel antiplatelet agent from Merck seemed all but dead. Vorapaxar, a thrombin receptor antagonist, was widely thought to have no future after unacceptably high serious bleeding...