Portola Pharma (PTLA) Tops Q4 EPS by 17c

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Portola Pharmaceuticals Reports Fourth Quarter and Year-End 2016 Financial Results and Provides Corporate Update

February 28, 2017 4:05 PM EST

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Feb. 28, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Portola Pharmaceuticals, Inc.® (NASDAQ: PTLA) today provided a corporate update and reported its financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2016.

We are working towards gaining approval of both betrixaban, our investigational oral Factor Xa inhibitor, and andexanet alfa, our investigational antidote for oral Factor Xa inhibitors, in the United States and Europe over the next year, said Bill Lis, chief executive officer of Portola. Each has the potential to become the first product approved for their respective indications... More