# OnCo record epoetin-alfa (drug). Data CC BY-NC 4.0, attribute "Data from OnCo (onco.cc)". Whole corpus: https://onco.cc/api/v1/onco.nt
@prefix schema: <https://schema.org/> .
@prefix onco: <https://onco.cc/ns#> .
@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .

<https://onco.cc/drugs/epoetin-alfa/>
  a schema:Drug ;
  onco:kind "drug" ;
  schema:identifier "epoetin-alfa" ;
  schema:name "Epoetin alfa"@en ;
  schema:alternateName "Retacrit (epoetin alfa-epbx)"@en, "Eprex"@en, "Binocrit"@en, "Abseamed"@en, "Erythropoietin"@en, "Erythropoiesis-stimulating agent (ESA)"@en, "Epogen / Procrit" ;
  schema:description "Epoetin alfa is a manufactured version of the kidney hormone that tells the bone marrow to make red blood cells. In cancer it treats anaemia caused by chemotherapy and reduces the need for transfusions, but it is used cautiously because it can shorten survival and cause clots."@en ;
  schema:url <https://onco.cc/drugs/epoetin-alfa/> ;
  schema:dateModified "2026-09-10"^^xsd:date ;
  schema:sameAs <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epoetin_alfa> ;
  schema:citation <https://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/search.cfm?labeltype=all&query=epoetin%20alfa>, <https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/treatment/drugs/epoetinalfa>, <https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/medicines/human/EPAR/binocrit> ;
  onco:status "approved" ;
  onco:tag "nci-list", "supportive" ;
  onco:modality "Recombinant erythropoietin (erythropoiesis-stimulating agent)" ;
  onco:approval "US 1989: Anaemia of chronic kidney disease", "US 1993: Anaemia due to concomitant myelosuppressive chemotherapy in non-myeloid malignancies", "EU 2007: First epoetin alfa biosimilars (Binocrit, Abseamed, Epoetin alfa Hexal) including chemotherapy-induced anaemia" ;
  onco:related <https://onco.cc/drugs/darbepoetin-alfa/> ;
  onco:cancers <https://onco.cc/cancers/mds-lower-risk/> ;
  onco:technologies <https://onco.cc/technologies/transfusion-support/> ;
  onco:companies <https://onco.cc/companies/amgen/>, <https://onco.cc/companies/johnson-johnson/>, <https://onco.cc/companies/pfizer/> .