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Industry: Email Alert RSS FeedAmgen's Epogen Successor Aranesp Gets FDA Approval.(Brief Article)
Chemical Market Reporter, September, 2001 by Krause, Carey
IN A MAJOR boost to its drug franchise, Amgen has received US marketing authorization for Aranesp (darbepoetin alfa), the successor to its top-selling anemia drug Epogen (epoetin alfa).
Analysts see strong potential for Aranesp. Deutsche Bane Alex. Brown estimates third-full-year sales of Aranesp at $1.5 billion. Aranesp, the tradename for NESP (novel erythropoiesis stimulating protein), is a second-generation hyperglycosylated erythropoietin (EPO). Amgen owns full rights to Aranesp in all US and European markets. Amgen launched Aranesp in Europe in the second quarter with a label similar to the US label.
Aranesp will compete with Johnson & Johnson's Procrit/Eprex (epoetin alfa). Aranesp, indicated in the US for anemia associated with chronic...
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