Biotech Grudge Match: Game, Set, & Match?

Affymax is starting 2013 in the best way possible and recently announced a deal with dialysis provider DSI Renal. Its drug, Omontys, is being used in dialysis centers, including some managed by Fresenius Medical Care , and Affymax shareholders hope that the company can secure more lucrative deals in the coming months.

Despite Omontys' dosing advantage, however, biotech stalwart Amgen's drug Epogen is still a formidable competitor in this space. The head-to-head competition for these anemia drugs is far from over, and, in the following video, health care analyst Max Macaluso weighs in on the debate.

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