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On February 23, 2013, Affymax and Takeda announced a voluntary nationwide recall of all lots of Omontys (peginesatide), a peptide mimetic erythropoiesis stimulating agent (ESA), which was approved on March 27, 2012 by the FDA for the treatment of anemia … Continue reading →

Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease(ADPKD) is a common genetic kidney disease caused by mutations in either PKD1 or PKD2 genes, resulting in the presence of multiple cysts that increase in size and lead to a number of complications, including early-onset … Continue reading →

On November 3, 2012 at the recent meeting of the American Society of Nephrology-Kidney Week  in San Diego, the results of three important clinical trials in nephrology were presented during  a special session on High Impact Clinical Studies. The first … Continue reading →

Reata Pharmaceuticals announced yesterday (Oct 18, 2012) that it has decided to terminate the phase 3 clinical trial of Bardoxolone methyl [BEACON] for treatment of patients with stage 4 kidney disease and type 2 diabetes.  Abbott is co-developing Bardoxolone and … Continue reading →

This article was originally published in abbreviated form at an Spanish on-line journal [http://www.siicsalud.com/dato/dat048/06406023a.htm].  The attached pdf link is the full version, not published previously.  The article summarizes the issues related to phosphate retention, excess calcium absorption due to the … Continue reading →