Did Roche get FDA approval for this?

I wonder. Ricardo Ricco, who upset some big names in biking during this year’s tour, was caught doping after the drugmaker planted a traceable molecule in the banned stamina-building drug he had taken, according to the World Anti-Doping Agency. And so the 24-year-old was kicked off after testing positive for EPO, or erythropoietin. Roche included a molecule in the third generation of EPO, called Continuous Erythropoiesis Receptor Activator (CARA), that acted as a flag in drug tests showing when an athlete was using the substance, John Fahey, WADA’s chief, tells the Australian Broadcasting Corporation . Source: Roche Helps Catch Tour de France Cheater // Pharmalot Technorati Tags: Ricardo Ricco , Roche , EPO , erythropoietin