Drugs in the Pipeline
Reversal Agent for Factor Xa Inhibitors Under FDA Review
Portola Pharmaceuticals announced the submission of a Biologics License Application (BLA) to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its investigational agent andexanet alfa, as a universal reversal agent for patients anticoagulated with an oral or injectable Factor Xa inhibitor who experience a serious uncontrolled bleeding event or who require urgent or emergency surgery. There is currently no…