Anemia

Affymax presents results from phase II trial of Hematide in anemic cancer patients

Published in Health Business Week, January 12th, 2007

Affymax, Inc., a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company, announced the presentation of results from an ongoing phase II, open-label, multicenter, dose-finding clinical trial of Hematide in anemic cancer patients receiving chemotherapy.

Hematide, a novel peptide-based drug designed to stimulate the production of red blood cells, is the company's first product candidate to enter the clinic. Hematide is being evaluated in phase II clinical trials for the treatment of anemia associated with chronic kidney disease and in anemic cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. The data were presented in a poster session (Abstract #1290) at the 48th Annual Meeting of the American...

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Source: Health Business Week (2007-01-12)

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