The Wall Street Journal (2/8, Loftus, Subscription Publication) reports that Merck's experimental anticlotting medication vorapaxar cut heart attack risk, but increased the risk of bleeding in a clinical trial. The findings are scheduled to be presented at an American College of Cardiology conference next month.
The AP (2/8) reports, "A year ago, the same bleeding problem led safety monitors to halt a late-stage study of vorapaxar called TRACER. That international study included nearly 13,000 patients who had had a heart attack or severe chest pain from clogged arteries." Also covering the story were Reuters (2/8) and MedPage Today (2/8, Kaiser
POSTED BY BRIAN D. WILLIAMSON, MD
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