New drug approved by FDA for treating growth hormone deficiency

04 Sept 2020


The new drug, somapacitan, has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration as a replacement growth hormone in adults with growth hormone deficiency and is the first drug that can be administered weekly, rather than daily.

Medscape


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