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Dear Doctor Letter (Rote-Hand-Brief) on Pradaxa® (dabigatran etexilate): New contraindication

Active substance: dabigatran etexilate

The pharmaceutical manufacturer is sending out information that the medicinal product Pradaxa® is now contraindicated in patients with artificial heart valves who require anticoagulant treatment.

Please also notice the former publications at our homepage:

Rote-Hand-Brief from 2011.10.27

Press release on Pradaxa® from 2011.11.16

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