Click here to access the article.The Food and Drug Administration has toughened warning labels on the anemia drugs -- Aranesp, Epogen and Procrit -- three times since last March, but now it is considering more drastic action. Amgen manufactures all three drugs, which treat the blood-disorder anemia in kidney-failure or chemotherapy patients, though New Brunswick, N.J.-based Johnson & Johnson sells Procrit.
In documents posted online Tuesday, regulators laid out several options for addressing safety risks, including withdrawing their use for chemotherapy patients.
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
FDA may go further on anemia drugs
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