growth hormone 1   Click here for help

GtoPdb Ligand ID: 4943

Synonyms: NutropinAq® | Omnitrope® | Saizen® | somatotropin
Approved drug
growth hormone 1 is an approved drug (FDA (1976), EMA (2001))
Comment: Human growth hormone 1 (somatropin) produced by recombinant technology is an approved drug with the INN somatropin. This has identical 191-amino acid sequence to the endogenous hormone.

Biosimilar drug: The EMA approved the biosimilar named Omnitrope (Sandoz GmbH) in 2006.
Species: Human
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References
1. Hershkovitz O, Bar-Ilan A, Guy R, Felikman Y, Moschcovich L, Hwa V, Rosenfeld RG, Fima E, Hart G. (2016)
In Vitro and in Vivo Characterization of MOD-4023, a Long-Acting Carboxy-Terminal Peptide (CTP)-Modified Human Growth Hormone.
Mol Pharm, 13 (2): 631-9. [PMID:26713839]