Archived News 2008
In this section you will find older BSP UK press releases from over the last year.
If you have a particular enquiry about any of these releases then please contact us on the telephone number or e-mail address below:-
Tel: 01635 563198
E-mail: bsp-communications@bayerhealthcare.com
Xarelto® (rivaroxaban) accepted for use in NHS Scotland - 8th December 2008
Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) accepts Bayer’s new oral anticoagulant for the prevention of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in adults undergoing elective hip or knee replacement surgery
Bayer’s Novel Oral Anticoagulant Xarelto®(rivaroxaban) Gets European Licence - 23rd September 2008
New drug Xarelto® (rivaroxaban), which has been shown to be significantly more
effective than current standard, gets UK licence
Bayer’s Novel Anticoagulant Rivaroxaban Recommended for Approval in the EU - 25th July 2008
Final approval from the European Commission expected within the next few months
Doctor in the House - 18 June 2008
TV’s Doctor Christian Jessen visits Bayer
Rivaroxaban First Oral Anticoagulant to Show Superiority to Enoxaparin - 30th May 2008
... 30mg twice-daily in Preventing Blood Clots After Knee Replacement Surgery
Martin Dawkins - 14th April 2008
...to head Bayer Schering Pharma in UK/Ireland
(NICE) releases appraisal consultation document - 3rd March 2008
...on treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension in adults
▼MabCampath® (alemtuzumab) - 18th February 2008
...available for first line treatment of B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) for whom fludarabine chemotherapy is not appropriate
Nexavar®▼ (sorafenib) - 2nd November 2007
New hope and new treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma, the most common primary liver cancer in the UK
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