Pharmacology of emerging novel platelet inhibitors
A number of promising antiplatelet therapies currently in advanced clinical testing offer hope for improving cardiovascular outcomes in patients with acute coronary syndromes and those undergoing percutaneous interventions. We review the preclinical pharmacology and selected ongoing clinical trials of promising novel platelet inhibitor therapies.
Division of Cardiology, University of Florida College of Medicine-Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL
Reprint requests: Dominick J. Angiolillo, MD, PhD, FACC, FESC, Division of Cardiology, University of Florida-Shands Jacksonville, 655 West 8th St, Jacksonville, FL 32209.
Conflicts of Interest: Dominick J. Angiolillo, MD, PhD, FACC, FESC has declared the following conflicts of interest: Honoraria/Lectures: Bristol Myers Squibb (New York, NY); Sanofi-Aventis (Bridgewater, NJ); Eli Lilly and Company (Indianapolis, IN); Daiichi Sankyo, Inc (Parsippany, NJ). Honoraria/Advisory board: Bristol Myers Squibb; Sanofi-Aventis; Eli Lilly Co; Daiichi Sankyo, Inc.; The Medicines Company (Parsippany, NJ); Portola (San Francisco, CA); Novartis (East Hanover, NJ). Research Grants: GlaxoSmithKline (Brentford, London, United Kingdom); Otsuka (Tokyo, Japan). Piera Capranzano, MD, has declared no conflicts of interest.
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