FDA accepts for review Eliquis (BMS/Pfizer) for Stroke Prevention associated with Atrial Fibrillation

The FDA has accepted for review a New Drug Application for Eliquis (apixaban) from BMS/Pfizer,an investigational compound for the prevention of stroke and systemic embolism in patients with atrial fibrillation. The FDA accepted the filing and assigned a priority-review designation. The Prescription Drug User Fee Act goal date for a decision by the FDA is March 28, 2012. An application for Eliquis for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation has been validated for review by the European Medicines Agency. The submissions were based on the results of the ARISTOTLE and AVERROES studies, two Phase 3 trials that evaluated the efficacy and safety of ELIQUIS for the prevention of stroke or systemic embolism in patients with atrial fibrillation. These two trials, which included