A recent study from National Taiwan University Hospital shows that apixaban, a blood-thinning medication, can help prevent ...

Purpose The pharmacology, pharmacokinetics, efficacy, and safety of apixaban are reviewed. Summary Apixaban is an oral, direct, selective factor Xa inhibitor with a rapid onset of action.

With the emergence and approval of other new oral anticoagulants such as dabigatran and rivaroxaban, the role of and place in therapy for all of these new agents will have to be clearly delineated.