Marathon Pharmaceuticals, LLC Release: IPRIVASK (Desirudin For Injection) Positive Data For DVT Prevention In Orthopedic Reconstruction Presented At The International Congress For Joint Replacement (ICJR) Transatlantic Meeting

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Marathon Pharma, LLC today announced positive results from 2 separate - IPRIVASK® studies presented at the International Congress for Joint Reconstruction (ICJR) Transatlantic Meeting, held in New York City.

Study-1: This Post-Hoc analysis evaluated the safety and efficacy of Iprivask in several high-risk patient subgroups of the pivotal registration multicenter trial comparing desirudin to enoxaparin, in patients undergoing elective total hip replacement (THR) surgery (Eriksson et al, 1997). Results from this analysis demonstrated that patients with various high-risk conditions (e.g. age>65, obesity, cancer, varicose veins, previous VTE) undergoing elective hip replacement, had favorable odds ratio’s for venous thromboembolism (VTE) incidence with desirudin compared with enoxaparin.

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