Bayer announced that a novel, convenient single-drug treatment approach with oral rivaroxaban met the primary efficacy endpoint of non-inferiority in the EINSTEIN-DVT Phase III clinical trial and showed an overall relative risk reduction compared to the current standard therapy in the treatment of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) initial enoxaparin treatment, followed by a vitamin K antagonist. The primary efficacy outcome in this non-inferiority trial was the cumulative incidence of symptomatic recurrent venous thromboembolism.

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