July 25, 2008 – The European Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has recommended approval of the anticoagulant rivaroxaban (Xarelto®), taken as one tablet, once-daily, for the prevention of venous blood clots in patients undergoing elective (planned) hip or knee replacement surgery. It is expected that final approval by the European Commission will follow in the next few months, providing marketing authorization for rivaroxaban in all EU member states. Rivaroxaban was invented in Bayer’s Wuppertal laboratories in Germany, and is being jointly developed by Bayer HealthCare and Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development, L.L.C.
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