Global Dialysis - Fatal allergic reactions to Omontys (peginesatide) trigger recall.

Fatal allergic reactions to Omontys (peginesatide) trigger recall.

MedPage: All lots of the new anemia drug peginesatide (Omontys) have been recalled because of severe hypersensitivity reactions -- some fatal -- observed after the drug was approved last March. "No new or existing patients should receive Omontys," according to a statement from the two firms selling the drug, Affymax and Takeda. However, they stopped short of saying the product was being withdrawn from the market.

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