Bayer/J&J Attempt At New Lands For Xarelto Backfires With MAGELLAN

NEW ORLEANS – A trial designed to expand the market for Bayer HealthCare/Johnson & Johnson’s oral anticoagulant Xarelto (rivaroxaban) instead has highlighted that the drug has a worse bleeding profile than Sanofi-Aventis’ low molecular weight heparin Lovenox (enoxparin) in patients hospitalized with acute illnesses.