Peterson said that the company had debated several times whether to take Eprex off the market, as reports of red cell aplasia multiplied, but decided not to do so, concluding that the drug's benefits far outweighed the risks.
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"Our investigation of the employee's allegations confirm that the integrity of our product has never been compromised and there is no connection between the allegations and the occurrence of " pure red cell aplasia, the company said.
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Yet the FDA's thumbs-up for the anti-anemia drug comes at a time when a similar product licensed to Johnson & Johnson via Amgen is under investigation for causing a rare illness called pure red cell aplasia.
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"Our investigation of the employee's allegations confirm that the integrity of our product has never been compromised and there is no connection between the allegations and the occurrence of ( pure red cell aplasia ), " the company said.
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Eprex, which is not sold in the United States, has been linked to 160 cases of pure red cell aplasia, a condition that can destroy patients'ability to make oxygen-carrying red blood cells, leaving them dependent on blood transfusions to survive.
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A report in the New York Times in July said health officials found an increasing number of Eprex users developed pure red cell aplasia, a rare condition in which the body can lose its ability to produce red blood cells, leaving patients dependent on blood transfusions to survive.
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Johnson & Johnson's response has taken several forms : trying to figure out why so many Eprex users have developed red cell aplasia, seeking to shift attention to cases involving its competitors'drugs, and trying to hang on to its lead in the European market.
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A report in the New York Times Friday said health officials have recently found an increasing number of Eprex users have developed pure red cell aplasia, a rare condition in which the body can lose its ability to produce red blood cells, leaving patients dependent on blood transfusions to survive.
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BIOTECH-APLASIA ( Undated )-A small but growing number of patients taking an anemia drug that has been on the market for more than a decade have developed a condition known as pure red cell aplasia in which the body's germ-fighting defenses go haywire and attack its own bone marrow.
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Health authorities in Europe and North America have become increasingly concerned over the last few months about a mysterious rise in the number of Eprex users who have developed pure red cell aplasia, a condition in which the body can lose its ability to produce red blood cells, leaving the patient dependent on blood transfusions to survive.
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