Doctors Aim to Loosen Anemia Drug Limits

September 1st, 2007 By MATTHEW PERRONE, AP Business Writer

(AP) -- Cancer doctors seek to loosen federal restrictions on anemia drugs that carry potentially deadly side effects, saying the tight payment guidelines for treatments made by Amgen and Johnson and Johnson are ultimately bad for patients.

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