Preliminary Data From Experimental Study Demonstrate Increased Mortality In Stroke Patients Treated With Epoetin Alfa
Sep 30th 2008Drug InformationStroke
Ortho Biotech has become aware of preliminary data from an investigator-initiated experimental study of the effects of Epoetin alfa in patients with acute ischemic stroke. In this study, patients suffering acute ischemic stroke who were treated with Epoetin alfa within six hours of the onset of stroke symptoms died more frequently than patients receiving placebo. Ortho Biotech has reported this information to the U.S.
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