Daiichi Sankyo receives Swiss approval for stroke-preventing medicine

15 April 2015

Japanese drug major Daiichi Sankyo (TYO: 4568) has received approval in Switzerland for Lixiana (edoxaban) for the prevention of stroke and systemic embolism in adult patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation.

It has also received marketing authorization in Switzerland for the treatment of adult patients with venous thromboembolism, including deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism following previous treatment with fractionated or unfractionated heparin for five days, as well as for the prevention of recurrent venous thromboembolism.

Lixiana is an oral, once-daily selective Xa inhibitor, and the Swiss approvals are based on data from the Phase III ENGAGE AF-TIMI 48 and Hokusai-VTE studies. It was approved and launched in Japan in 2011.

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