The Hematology and Oncology Clinics of three US medical centres - Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (Lebanon, NH), Pacific Shores Medical Group (Long Beach, CA) and South Carolina Oncology Associates ...

Early results from a novel treatment strategy for chemotherapy-related anemia: Epoetin alfa 60,000 U SC QW induction followed by 60,000 U SC Q2W Conclusions: Epoetin alfa was safe and well tolerated ...

Value of caregiver ratings in evaluating the quality of life of patients with cancer. More than 500 community-based oncologists enrolled 2,342 patients with malignancies undergoing cytotoxic ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Hospira Inc. presented two studies that demonstrate the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic equivalence of its ...

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 ...

CHICAGO -- Patients with transfusion-dependent, low-risk myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) needed significantly fewer transfusions when treated with luspatercept (Reblozyl) for anemia compared with the ...

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 ...

In people with myelodysplastic neoplasms (MDS), a usually benign form of chronic lymphocytic leukemia, the body produces too few functional blood cells. Affected individuals suffer from anemia—a lack ...

In a phase 3 study, the mean hemoglobin change from baseline to average was significantly higher among roxadustat-treated patients compared with epoetin alfa recipients, according to investigators.

Credit: Shutterstock Newly released safety data also show that roxadustat is associated with reduced cardiovascular risks compared with epoetin alfa. WASHINGTON—Roxadustat is superior to epoetin alfa ...

A total of 124 patients participated in the study at three sites: Dartmouth (n = 43 patients), Pacific Shores (n = 68) and South Carolina (n = 13). Time and resource data were collected for 177 ...