The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved epoetin and darbepoetin for chemotherapy-induced anemia (CIA). Approved epoetin and darbepoetin dosing schedules were three times per week and ...

Retacrit will be priced 57.1% below the Wholesale Acquisition Cost (WAC) of Procrit and 33.5% below the WAC of Epogen, at $11.03 per 1000 Units/mL. In addition, Retacrit is indicated for the reduction ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first biosimilar erythropoiesis-stimulating agent. The reference product is epoetin alfa (Epogen/Procrit, Amgen). The new biosimilar is ...

The FDA has approved Pfizer’s epoetin alfa-epbx (Retacrit), a biosimilar to epoetin alfa (Epogen), marking the first biosimilar approval of 2018 and the first biosimilar erythropoiesis-stimulating ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The FDA today approved epoetin alfa-epbx, the first epoetin alfa biosimilar, for the treatment of anemia caused ...

Dec. 2, 2005 -- The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Amgen Inc, and Ortho Biotech Clinical Affairs, LLC, have notified healthcare professionals via letter regarding revisions to the safety ...

Another potential safety problem for anemia drugs: Johnson & Johnson announced that Procrit was linked to the deaths of some patients in a stroke study. Participants in the European trial were given ...

BRIDGEWATER, N.J., March 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Ortho Biotech Products, L.P. today modified prescribing information for PROCRIT(R) (Epoetin alfa), following guidance from the U.S. Food and Drug ...

Amgen and Centocor Ortho Biotech announced a voluntary nationwide recall of certain lots of Epogen (epoetin alfa) and Procrit (epoetin alfa) vials that may contain extremely thin glass flakes ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I am a patient with myelofibrosis, and have been under treatment for over three years. At one time I was receiving blood transfusions every three weeks and taking Jakafi (very ...