CHICAGO– Meitheal Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a fully integrated generic injectables company based in Chicago, Illinois, today announced findings from a research collaboration with Premier Applied Sciences (PAS), the research and analytics division of Premier Inc., evaluating anticoagulant treatment on outcomes of hospitalized patients diagnosed with COVID-19. Anticoagulants are medications that prevent blood clots. Research has shown that patients with COVID-19 are more prone to developing blood clots during the course of their illness.
Researchers found that patients on a prophylactic dose of the anticoagulants enoxaparin or heparin have shorter hospital stays, lower cost, and better clinical outcomes compared to patients on a therapeutic dose. Moreover, when the therapeutic group is split by age, lab values suggest that younger patients are just as sick as the older group, without improved outcomes.
These findings support American Society of Hematology (ASH) 2021 guidelines conditionally recommending prophylactic dosage of anticoagulants for thromboprophylaxis in patients with COVID-19 and suggest that differences in outcomes by treatment dosage are not due to patient age. The research project was presented at the Premier Breakthroughs Conference in July and the fully detailed results will be published later this year.
“We are proud to partner with Premier to identify COVID-19 treatment options that offer better patient outcomes,” said Tom Shea, Chief Executive Officer of Meitheal Pharmaceuticals. “At Meitheal, we continuously work towards bridging important gaps in healthcare with an affordable and diversified range of generic injectables, and by assessing the effects of anticoagulant treatment on patient outcomes, we can help to improve care for COVID-19 patients.”
“Premier’s Healthcare database will continue to provide life sciences partners like Meitheal the opportunity to use real-world data to conduct evidence-based studies of drugs and clinical outcomes in an effort to improve the overall quality, safety and cost-effectiveness of care,” said Denise Juliano, Group Vice President of Life Sciences at Premier.
