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Zontivity, known generically as vorapaxar, is the first of a new class of drugs called protease-activated receptor-1 antagonists. The drugs work by preventing blood platelets from clumping together to form a blood clot. Internal bleeding is a common side effect of blood thinning drugs, and Zontivity will carry a boxed warning that it can cause potentially deadly bleeding side effects.
The FDA cleared the drug based on a study of over 25,000 patients in which adding Zontivity to older blood thinners reduced a combined measure of heart attack, stroke and cardiovascular death. The new tablet enters a crowded field of new blood thinning drugs, including Boehringer Ingelheim's Pradaxa; Johnson & Johnson and Bayer Healthcare's Xarelto and Pfizer Inc. and Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.'s Eliquis.