Genentech will provide its anti-clotting drug without charge to hospitals for treating low-income heart-attack patients.
And two fifths put age limits on who should get anti-clotting drugs.
Like other anti-clotting drugs, however, Pradaxa can have adverse effects, including life-threatening bleeding.
As with other anti-clotting drugs, Xarelto can cause bleeding that, rarely, can lead to death.
Its newest product is Lovenox, an injectable anti-clotting drug used in hip surgery.
This is especially true of anti-clotting drugs (aspirin, clopidogrel, and prasugrel).
It finally achieved profitability late last year on the strength of royalties from Reopro, an anti-clotting drug.
Hospital officials used a generic cardiovascular anti-clotting drug to illustrate its higher costs.
The new stent is coated with heparin, a natural and standard anti-clotting drug.
Like warfarin, Xarelto is a blood thinner - an anti-clotting drug.