WIXOM, Mich., March 24, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rockwell Medical (Nasdaq:RMTI), a fully-integrated biopharmaceutical company offering innovative products and services targeting end-stage renal disease (ESRD), chronic kidney disease (CKD), and iron-deficiency anemia, announced today that it has commenced enrollment in its pivotal Phase III CRUISE-1 clinical study, designed to treat iron deficiency anemia in hemodialysis dependent-chronic kidney disease patients receiving erythropoietin.