Bristol/Pfizer's Apixaban Bests Lovenox At Preventing VTE In Second Attempt

With the positive results of the ADVANCE II study of Bristol-Myers Squibb/Pfizer's apixaban now offsetting the failed non-inferiority of the earlier ADVANCE I study, the ADVANCE III study is shaping up to be the tie-breaker for how the investigational anticoagulant stacks up against Sanofi-Aventis' low molecular weight heparin Lovenox (enoxaparin) in patients undergoing orthopedic surgery