Boehringer Ingelheim's Pradaxa Gets European Approval

March 2008 | Product Launch

Germany's Boehringer Ingelheim has been granted marketing authorisation for its novel anticoagulant, Pradaxa (dabigatran etexilate), by the European Commission (EC). Pradaxa is a novel, oral anticoagulant and has been approved for the prevention of venous thromboembolic events in adults who have undergone elective total hip or total knee replacement surgery. It is expected that Boehringer Ingelheim will look to launch the drug in both the UK and Germany over the coming

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