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Rivaroxaban supported by NICE

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Oral rivaroxaban tablets have been recommended by the National 

Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), the UK drug 

recommendation body, as a new treatment option for prevention of 

stroke and systemic embolism in patients with non-valvular atrial

fibrillation (AF) with one or more risk factors. 

 

The NICE recommendation gives eligible patients cared for by the 

UK health service with non-valvular AF in England and Wales 

access to rivaroxaban – the first one tablet per day, oral stroke

prevention medicine since the introduction of warfarin in the 1950s.

 

NICE estimates that almost half (46%) of AF patients who should be

receiving warfarin are not currently taking it. 

 

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