Cancer
Amgen to Discuss Benefits and Risks of ESA Treatment for Cancer Patients with Anemia Due to Chemotherapy at FDA ODAC Meeting
Published in Lab Business Week, March 30th, 2008
Amgen Inc. (NASDAQ: AMGN) will today present the benefits and risks of Erythropoiesis-stimulating Agents (ESAs) in cancer patients with anemia due to concomitantly administered chemotherapy at a meeting with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee (ODAC). ESAs provide these patients with the only therapeutic alternative to red blood cell (RBC) transfusions, which have known and uncertain risks.
"ESAs provide an unequivocal treatment benefit for cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy by reducing the need for blood transfusions," said Roger M. Perlmutter, M.D., Ph.D., executive vice president, of Research and Development at Amgen....
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Source: Lab Business Week (2008-03-30)
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