Definition of "darbepoetin" []

• A synthetic form of erythropoietin, used to treat anemia. (noun)

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• "Drugs such as darbepoetin alfa for treating anemic patients on dialysis (in the final stage of kidney disease) were approved in the late 1980s."
• "Treatments can include drugs such as darbepoetin alfa, which stimulates the production of new blood cells, although up to one in three patients do not respond to these therapies."
• "But FDA reviewers, using the chemical name for Aranesp, said in their posting that the "evidence raises considerable doubt about the safety and advisability of using darbepoetin in this manner.""