Coroner highlights lack of head injury warnings for anticoagulant

A coroner has warned that patient information leaflets for the anticoagulant apixaban (Eliquis; Bristol-Myers Squibb–Pfizer Alliance) do not “expressly address” steps patients should take if they sustain a head injury. Sarah Bourke, area coroner for Inner North London, raised the concern in a ‘Prevention of future deaths’ report (PFD), published on 22 January 2026, following […]