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Article: Kidney Limits Favor Amgen, Awaiting CMS Cancer Word.
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- BIOWORLD Today
- Article date:
- November 3, 2009
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West Coast Editor
Amgen Inc.'s stock gained ground as investors listened to pundits give forth their opinions on federal reimbursement changes disclosed Friday for the high-selling Aranesp (darbepoetin alfa) and Epogen (epoetin alfa), when used in kidney disease.
The minimal changes bode well not only for Amgen's marketing of ESAs in kidney indications, but also for the meeting by an FDA advisory panel, which next month will debate the safety of the drug class.
Due to take effect at the start of next year, the main policy revision by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for ESAs in kidney disease drops payments by half when hemoglobin ...
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