EPO in Medical News

New study examines the validity of epo testing

BETHESDA, Md. (June 26, 2008)Recombinant human erythropoietin (rHuEpo) is a genetically engineered hormone sometimes misused by high-performance athletes such as cyclists and marathon runners to boost their endurance. The potential misuse of the drug is detected in urine collected from athletes. S...

Progress toward an alternative for EPO: Gas6 offers remedy where EPO fails today

Leuven, Belgium − Many patients with a chronic disease or cancer have to contend with anemia − and the severe fatigue that accompanies anemia impedes the patient considerably in his or her daily activities. At present, the hormone EPO is administered to a large number of these patients...

Dragon Sells EPO Business; Focus on Antibiotic Core Business

VANCOUVER, Nov. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Dragon Pharmaceutical Inc. (TSX: DDD; OTCBB: DRUG; BBSE: DRP) today announced that it has entered an agreement with an unaffiliated party for the sale of its EPO business which accounted for less than 3% of Dragon's consolidated revenue for the first...

Independent Health to Begin Offering Its Members Vitamins, Supplements and Natural Products

... for customer service and member satisfaction. Independent Health's comprehensive portfolio of product and service offerings include HMO, POS, PPO and epo products, Medicare and Medicaid plans, traditional indemnity insurance, consumer-directed plans, coverage for self-funded employers, plus health savin...

GPhA Statement on FTC Report on 'Follow-on Biologic Drug Competition'

...hem. And they are also placing an enormous financial burden on our federal government. The federal government through Medicare Part B spent more for epo in 2007 than FDA had for its entire FY2008 budget. As the FTC report clearly states, biogenerics 'if brought to market, could reduce the estimated $40...

Retrospective Analysis Finds Treatment of Cancer Chemotherapy Patients With Epoetin Alfa Associated With Lower Drug Cost Than Darbepoetin Alfa

...ulative ESA cost was $4,321 for patients receiving epo vs. $6,089 for DARB patients ( p <0.0001). The dose ratio was 255 units of epo to 1 microgram (mcg) of DARB. The authors stated ...ten is used to compare the relative utilization of epo and DARB because...

Top U.S. Professional Cycling Team, Garmin-Slipstream, Partners With ADSI to Continue Anti-Doping Program

... 29 athletes on the team are voluntarily participating in the program, which will test them over 600 times in 2009. There will be an intense focus on epo and related substances as well as continued focus on longitudinal profiling of blood and steroid levels. Detection of traditional doping products wil...

Late-breaking data to be presented at the American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting

...ickle cell disease. Recombinant Human Erythropoiesis Stimulating Agents in Cancer Patients: Individual Patient Data Meta-Analysis on Behalf of the epo IPD Meta-Analysis Collaborative Group [LBA-6] Julia Bohlius, MD, MScPH, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland *Abstract LBA-6 is being presented ...

Lakeside Systems, Inc. Unifies Integrated Healthcare Delivery System under New Brand: Lakeside Community Healthcare

...heir primary care physicians. Lakeside Community Healthcare physicians and ancillary services accept a full range of health plans, including HMO, PPO, epo and other offerings. Lakeside was just named by the San Fernando Valley Business Journal as the number one fastest growing private company in its re...

Mayo Clinic on the Summer Olympic Games: Better Athletes, the Physiology of Performance, the Lactate Threshold, the Aging Athlete and Much More

... of the existing tests. They've shown that if you don't do the test soon after people take the drug, it may be very difficult to detect (especially if epo is take in low doses)," Dr. Joyner says. The Bottom Line: Keep Moving "Remember, while it's fun to watch sports and while we will all be tempted t...

Story ideas for health reporters covering the summer Olympic Games

...are ineffective unless administered shortly after having taken EPO, because epo doesn't have a long life in the body. But EPO's effects can last for months...ter people take the drug, it may be very difficult to detect (especially if epo is take in low doses)," Dr. Joyner says. The Bottom Line: Keep Moving ...

Look before you leap: New study examines self-control

...ergraduates considered whether to get LASIK surgery or whether to charge an expensive electronics item on an already heavily charged credit card, high epo scores were associated with more consequence-related thoughts. In a number of settings, researchers found that consumers who think about the pros a...

Gene Variant Boosts Risk of Severe Diabetic Eye, Kidney Diseases

...esearchers found that people with a copy of mutant epo gene have an increased risk of developing PDR and ...f Sciences . This finding may affect the use of epo in treating patients with anemia, Zhang said. epo is used extensively to help in the production of r...

Mice Can Sense Oxygen Through Their Skin

...rythropoietin (EPO) when oxygen levels decline. epo boosts production of red blood cells that carry an... high altitudes or in low-oxygen tents to increase epo and red blood cell levels, said Randall Johnson, o...ying nitroglycerin to the skin of the mice boosted epo and red blood cells levels. The study was publi...

Inventor of Ossur's Flex-foot nominated for European Inventor of the Year 2008

...ement. EC Commissioner Gnter Verheugen will be on hand when the awards will be presented by the President of the Republic of Slovenia, Danilo Trk, and epo President Alison Brimelow, at a gala event in Ljubljana on 6 May, held in conjunction with the European Patent Forum 2008. Ossurs president and CE...

JCI table of contents: Jan. 24, 2008

...33716 OPHTHALMOLOGY: I can see clearly now epo has come and gone Erythropoietin (Epo) is a ho...etinopathy of prematurity. However, high levels of epo have been found in the eye of individuals who are ...who have DR, meaning that the relationship between epo and retinopathies is not well defined. A new study...

Aircraft Medical: European Patent Hearing

...ss statement into wide distribution announcing the epo ruling as a success, despite the fact that the rul...This appeal very effectively demonstrates that the epo decision was in fact not favourable to Verathon. ...nd will make further invalidity submissions to the epo in due course. Background Aircraft Medical is ...

JCI online early table of contents: Jan. 10 2008

...ted that the protein Gas6 might augment or replace epo in the treatment of patients who are hyporesponsiv...as6, which increased cell signaling in response to epo treatment. In addition, mice deficient in Gas6 had decreased sensitivity to epo and a reduced ability to recover from anemia. Admi...

Natural human hormone as the next antidepressant?

... The authors explain that new evidence shows that epo also has neuroprotective and neurotrophic effects ... Miskowiak and colleagues evaluated the effects of epo on the neural and cognitive processing of emotiona...agnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). They found that epo regulated the emotional responses of those volunte...

Dragon Achieved Solid Increase in Sales and Profits from Continuing Operations for Q3

...nwhile, the Company also announced the sale of its epo operation to an unaffiliated party through a separ...harge of intangible assets and goodwill related to epo disposal. As the result of the epo disposal, the Company will be focusing on core ant...

GHI Introduces Online Pediatric Health Risk Assessment

... subsidiary, GHI HMO, provide health care coverage and administrative services to more than 2.6 million people. GHI offers customers a variety of PPO, epo and HMO programs, as well as prescription drug, dental, and vision plans. GHI's network in the tri-state area includes nearly 79,000 practitioners at ...

GHI and HIP Lead Effort to Expand Electronic Health Record System Throughout the City of New York

... subsidiary, GHI HMO, provide health care coverage and administrative services to more than 2.6 million people. GHI offers customers a variety of PPO, epo and HMO programs, as well as prescription drug, dental, and vision plans. GHI's network in the tri-state area includes nearly 79,000 practitioners at ...

GHI to Provide Independent Personal Health Advocate for Medicare Members

... subsidiary, GHI HMO, provide health care coverage and administrative services to more than 2.6 million people. GHI offers customers a variety of PPO, epo and HMO programs, as well as prescription drug, dental, and vision plans. GHI's network in the tri-state area includes nearly 79,000 practitioners at ...

New discovery leaves blood-doping athletes scratching their heads

... that well be able to up the production of natural epo in our hair follicles whenever we need it, safely ... medical wisdom has assigned to them. Normally, epo is created and released by the kidneys. When the k...rs. Today, most people are treated using synthetic epo to bring red blood cells back to normal levels, bu...

New discovery leaves blood-doping athletes scratching their heads

... that well be able to up the production of natural epo in our hair follicles whenever we need it, safely ... medical wisdom has assigned to them. Normally, epo is created and released by the kidneys. When the k...rs. Today, most people are treated using synthetic epo to bring red blood cells back to normal levels, bu...

Epogen – Overuse Dangerou

... issue a black box warning on the box of the drug. Previous studies have shown that preliminary data collected from a large prospective trial on epo in critically ill patients showed an improved survival and increased hemoglobin with ESP in medical, surgical and trauma patients. There is also a hem...

Anemia Drugs to Be Taken With Caution

...if used within the specified indications is bound to be safe. Generally epo drugs are meant for people undertaking chemotherapy or radiation. But as p... or radiation. Hence clear information on the conditions in which these epo drugs to be used would surely benefit the patient and the health care commu...

Vitamin E-Coated Dialysis Filters Help Fight Anemia in Hemodialysis Patients

...ropoietin (EPO). Normally produced by the kidneys, epo fights anemia by inducing the bone marrow to make ...d of the study year, the average dose of synthetic epo had decreased by about 23 percent, especially important considering the high cost of epo treatment. Anemia is one of the most frequen...

EPO Effective For Cancer Patients Suffering From Anemia

... that randomly assigned patients to receive either epo or a placebo (inactive ‘drug’) intravenously, and the first to measure the effect of epo on quality of life in children, according to Basse...ere has been little evidence to support the use of epo in such children who are receiving chemotherapy.’ ...