Edoxaban was approved by the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) in Korea (date: 25th, August 2015) for the reduction in the risk of stroke and systemic embolism in patients with NVAF, treatment of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism. Edoxaban was approved by the Taiwan Food and Drug Administration (TFDA) in Taiwan (date: 24th, February, 2016) for the prevention of stroke and systemic embolism in adult patients with NVAF with one or more risk factors, such as congestive heart failure, hypertension, age at least 75 years, diabetes mellitus, prior stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA), or treatment of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE), following 5 to 10 days of initial therapy with a parenteral anticoagulant.