Nationwide data highlight encouraging trends, 'staggering' costs of ESRD
... Drs. Robert Foley and Allan J. Collins of the United States Renal Data System (USRDS) and University of Minnesota summarize key findings from the 2006 USRDS Annual Data Report. The USRDS update assembles the most recent nationwide data on the incidence, treatment, and outcome...Higher dose formulation of FOSRENOL approved to reduce serum phosphorus in esrd patients
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new, higher dose formulation of the chewable(1) non-calcium phosphate binder FOSRENOL(R) (lanthanum carbonate). The new, higher dose strengths of 750 milligrams (mg) and 1.0 gram (g) will be available in the U.S. by year end. This formulation will help to reduce the number of pills end-stage renal d...