apixaban
An orally active inhibitor of coagulation factor Xa with anticoagulant activity. Apixaban directly inhibits factor Xa, thereby interfering with the conversion of prothrombin to thrombin and preventing formation of cross-linked fibrin clots.
| US brand name: | Eliquis |
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| Code name: | BMS-562247 BMS-562247-01 |
| Chemical structure: | 1H-Pyrazolo(3,4-c)pyridine-3-carboxamide, 4,5,6,7-tetrahydro-1-(4-methoxyphenyl)-7-oxo-6-(4-(2-oxo-1-piperidinyl)phenyl)- aspidospermidine-3-carboxylic acid, 4-(acetyloxy)-6,7-didehydro-15-[(2R,4R,6S,8S)-4-(1,1-difluoroethyl)-1,3,4,5,6,7,8,9-octahydro-8-(methoxycarbonyl)-2,6-methano-2H-azecino[4,3-b]indol-8-yl]-3-hydroxy-16-methoxy-1-methyl-, methyl ester, (2β,3β,4β,5α,12R,19.alpha.)-, (2R,3R)-2,3-dihydroxybutanedioate (1:2) |