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Old 10-28-2007, 07:50 AM
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Polyheme or any other "blood substitute" (actually oxygen carrier) will be very expensive until a generic is available. Recombinant EPO made Amgen and Ortho Biotech rich. Now Amgen fights companies who are trying to develop a similar product. They are fighting to protect their profits.
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