A platelet growth factor could be sold to the same physicians, they said.
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A promising new method of treating wounds and soft tissue injuries is via platelet growth factor ( PGF ).
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"I would say the platelet growth factor market will cap out in the $ 500 million range, " said Richard van den Broeck, an analyst with Hambrecht & Quist.
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"I would say the platelet growth factor market will cap out in the $ 500 million range, " said Richard van den Broeck, an analyst with Hambrecht & AMP; Quist.
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The approval is an important victory for Genetics Institute, which had been the dark horse in a three-way race with Amgen Inc . and Genentech Inc . for a platelet growth factor.
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The lack, so far, of a platelet growth factor, " meant the only way to deal with these patients'bleeding problems was to give them packed platelet transfusions, " which are costly and risk infection, she said.
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But he noted that in chemotherapy, destruction of white blood cells was more common, which means that demand for a platelet growth factor may not be as high as demand for a white blood cell growth factor.