After critics accused Johnson & Johnson and Bayer of hiding data in clinical trials for their blockbuster blood thinner Xarelto (rivaroxaban), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said the drug is safe and effective.
Since its approval in 2011, Xarelto has made billions for J&J and Bayer. On Oct. 11, 2016, the FDA released its reanalysis of the ROCKET AF clinical trial data — the original trial used to approve Xarelto.
