Most of the EPO that was instead sold in Europe was produced by Roche under the name NeoRecormon. Later on, Amgen developed a second-generation recombinant EPO, commercialized by the name of Aranesp, created in the laboratory to allow re-patenting by adding carbohydrate side chains to increase...
biomolecules Review Erythropoietin: A Personal Alice in Wonderland Trip in the Shadow of the Giants Anna Rita Migliaccio Altius Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Seattle, WA 98121, USA; amigliaccio@altius.org Abstract: The identification of the hormone erythropoietin (EPO), which regulates red blood...