An Update Committee (“Committee”) reviewed and analyzed data published since 2002 through July 2007. MEDLINE and the Cochrane Collaboration Library databases were searched.

April 23, 2007 — Using actual US practice patterns and dosing, epoetin alfa (Epogen; peg-EPO therapy) effectively maintains hemoglobin (Hb) levels in hemodialysis patients, according to a presentation ...

After a stroke, uric acid therapy reduces disability in women. Epoetin dose is significantly associated with cardiovascular disease whether patients had lower or higher hemoglobin levels, study finds.

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 ...

Between 1988 and 1998, antibody-associated pure red-cell aplasia was reported in three patients who had undergone treatment with recombinant human erythropoietin (epoetin). Between 1998 and 2000, 13 ...