Anemia

Amgen aims to restock its medicine cabinet

2013-05-06 00:00:00

Amgen Inc. is a biotechnology company that develops medicines used in the treatment of cancer, kidney disease, arthritis, bone disease and other serious illnesses. The Thousand Oaks company's top-selling products include arthritis medication Enbrel,...

Lawmakers look to repeal Medicare provision aiding Amgen drug

2013-01-24 12:03:00

A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers is seeking to repeal a Medicare-pricing provision in the recent "fiscal cliff" deal that benefits biotech giant Amgen Inc. U.S. Rep. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) filed legislation this week to eliminate the exemption for a...

Amgen pleads guilty, to settle misbranding case for $762 million

2012-12-18 09:41:00

Biotech giant Amgen Inc. pleaded guilty to a federal misdemeanor of misbranding its anemia drug Aranesp and has agreed to pay $762 million in fines and penalties. The Thousand Oaks company said it had reached a preliminary settlement of federal criminal...

George B. Rathmann dies at 84; co-founder of biotech giant Amgen

2012-04-24 00:00:00

George B. Rathmann, a far-sighted entrepreneur whose small team of talented scientists created two blockbuster drugs that helped turn his upstart Thousand Oaks firm, Amgen Inc., into the world's most successful biotech company, died Sundayat his Palo Alto...

Did Canada cover up deadly salmon virus? Report suggests yes

2011-12-01 16:37:03

CSAC to review medical exemption policies after Chael Sonnen suspension ruling

2010-12-06 16:33:00

Eugene Goldwasser dies at 88; biochemist was known for anemia drug

2010-12-22 00:00:00

Eugene Goldwasser, the biochemist who isolated and purified the anti- anemia protein erythropoietin — arguably the most important biological drug since insulin — died Friday at his home in Chicago of kidney failure associated with prostate...

Toxic mold played no role in deaths of Brittany Murphy, husband, coroner says

2010-07-26 16:35:24

FDA escalates warnings about drugs to counter anemia, chemo fatigue

2010-02-16 16:32:36

Select a baby's health, not eye color

2009-02-17 00:00:00

Something stinks about reproductive medicine in Southern California, and it doesn't involve eight dirty diapers. Recently, the Los Angeles-based Fertility Institutes announced that it would soon be offering patients at its clinics the chance to choose...

Fake drugs, real threat

2004-02-09 00:00:00

Doctors couldn't explain why the medicine they were giving Tim Fagan wasn't working. The 16-year-old boy had been rushed to New York University Medical Center for an emergency liver transplant last February. Fagan was given daily injections of a drug...

Bedford County family works to grant sick child's wish

2013-05-17 14:43:00

An icon of the railroad past is taking shape in the Martin family's back yard.� The wooden caboose is a gift for their daughter, Kaylin. "Kaylin has loved trains since she was very little," said Sandra Martin, Kaylin's mother.� "She gets that from her...

coroner announced Thursday that the primary cause was "community-acquired pneumonia," with contributing factors of "iron deficiency anemia" and "multiple drug intoxication.

2010-02-05 03:13:57