Blood clots can cause many serious life threatening complications including pulmonary embolisms, myocardial infarctions (heart attacks), strokes, etc.

Below is a simplified depiction of how blood clots are formed.

Formation of blood clots can be prevented using blood thinner drugs.

Below is a simplified depiction of how an anti-coagulant drug stops blood clots from forming.

New blood thinner drugs that can be taken orally with fewer bleeding liabilities have strong market potential. Nirog has a new class of oral anti-coagulation drugs that address this need.