AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Announces Preliminary Results from its Phase III Study Evaluating Feraheme Compared to IV Iron Sucrose in Patients with Iron Deficiency Anemia

LEXINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMAG) today reported preliminary results from the first of two phase III studies that comprise its global registrational program for Feraheme® (ferumoxytol) in patients with iron-deficiency anemia (IDA) regardless of the underlying cause. The study being reported today compared treatment with Feraheme to treatment with intravenous (IV) iron sucrose, and enrolled 605 patients at 74 sites in Europe, Asia Pacific and Australia. The patients enrolled in the study had a history of unsatisfactory oral iron therapy, and had IDA associated with various conditions including abnormal uterine bleeding, cancer, gastrointestinal disorders or other causes.