Amgen dispute.Investors and analysts aren't entirely sure that Amgen will be entirely successful in fighting off a threat to its blockbuster anemia drug Epogen. The Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. biotech bi·o·tech n. Informal Biotechnology. biotech Noun short for biotechnology Noun 1. giant is fighting against Roche Holdings AG, which is importing pegylated recombinant human erythropoietin erythropoietin /eryth·ro·poi·e·tin/ (-poi´e-tin) a glycoprotein hormone secreted by the kidney in the adult and by the liver in the fetus, which acts on stem cells of the bone marrow to stimulate red blood cell production called Cera, which is used to increase red blood cell counts red blood cell count, n the number of red blood cells (erthrocytes) in 1 mm3 of blood; a useful diagnostic tool in the determination of several kinds of anemia. See also mean corpuscular hemoglobin. . Amgen claims the company is violating Amgen's patents and argued against the importation in the U.S. District Court of Massachusetts. A Merill Lynch analyst wrote that he thinks it is unlikely that a judge will dismiss the case, and that it could drag potentially into 2007. Cera has not yet been approved for use either in Europe or the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . The U.S. International Trade Commission also said that it would look into Amgen's claims. Aranesp, another Amgen product, is a longer-lasting version of Epogen, and the drugs combined to generate $6 billion in sales for the company last year. |
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