AMAG Pharmaceuticals (AMAG) Announces FDA Approval of Feraheme

June 30, 2009 5:00 PM EDT

AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMAG) said the FDA has granted marketing approval for Feraheme Injection for intravenous (IV) use as an iron replacement therapy for the treatment of iron deficiency anemia in adult patients with chronic kidney disease.

The recommended dose of Feraheme is an initial 510 mg IV injection followed by a second 510 mg IV injection three to eight days later. Feraheme should be administered as an undiluted IV injection delivered at a rate of up to 1 mL/sec (30 mg/sec). The recommended Feraheme dose may be readministered to patients with persistent or recurrent iron deficiency anemia.


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