PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Affymax, Inc. (Nasdaq:AFFY) today announced that results available from its Phase 2 clinical trial of Hematide™ dosed monthly in dialysis patients were presented this week at the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) 2007 Spring Clinical Meeting. The results from this maintenance-switch trial in patients previously treated with three-times weekly Epoetin Alfa (EPO) demonstrated that mean hemoglobin (Hgb) levels can be maintained at clinically acceptable levels following a switch to once-monthly treatments with Hematide at an appropriate dosing regimen. The data were presented by Anatole Besarab, M.D., adjunct professor of Medicine, Wayne State University and director of Clinical Research at Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit in a poster session at the NKF meeting.
