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Bayer Announces Availability of Reformulated Liquid Leukine(R)
Date:5/19/2008

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"At Bayer, providing effective and safe medicines for patients is our highest priority," said Paul MacCarthy, MD, FRCPI, vice president and head of U.S. Medical Affairs for Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals. "Bayer is pleased to bring back to U.S. oncologists and hematologists an EDTA-free formulation of liquid Leukine for the care of their patients. Liquid Leukine without EDTA has been used in the treatment of more than 200,000 cancer patients." New data will be reported at the upcoming American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO) conference regarding the clinical impact of Leukine in cancer care.

The EDTA-free formulation of liquid Leukine is presented in Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals' branded packaging. The product was previously marketed under the Berlex Laboratories brand. Berlex was acquired by Bayer.

Bayer has posted a Dear Health Care Provider letter, along with its enclosures, on its websites today at http://www.pharma.bayer.com, http://www.bayeroncology.com and http://www.leukine.com and will be mailing it to U.S. oncologists and hematologists who prescribe and use Leukine for their patients.

Customers seeking information on how to order the reformulated product may call Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals toll free at 1-888-84Bayer (1-888-842-2937).

Leukine has been used to treat nearly 350,000 cancer patients in the United States since 1991. Among its indications, Leukine is the only myeloid growth factor approved to reduce the incidence of severe and life-threatening infections and infections resulting in death following induction chemotherapy in older adult patients (> 55 years of age) with AML and to prolong survival of patients have undergone allogeneic or autologous bone marrow transplantation (BMT) and are experiencing graft failure or engra
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