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NDA for Macrilen™ for the Evaluation of Growth Hormone Deficiency in Adults
CHARLESTON, S.C.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Aeterna Zentaris Inc. (NASDAQ: AEZS)(TSX: AEZS) (the “Company”) today announced that it has been notified by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”), that the...
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Growth Hormone: Drug companies are growing less generous in helping patients...
By David LazarusContact Reporter For 14 years, Encino resident Ed Wright received an expensive prescription medication for free through a drug-industry program intended to assist people with limited...
View ArticleOral Test for Adult Growth Hormone Deficiency Approved in US
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved an orally available ghrelin agonist, macimorelin (Macrilen, Aeterna Zentaris), to be used in the diagnosis of patients with adult growth-hormone...
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Gene test for growth hormone deficiency developed
A new test developed by University of Manchester and NHS scientists could revolutionise the way children with growth hormone deficiency are diagnosed. Children suspected of having GHD – which cause...
View ArticleHealth Alert: Adrenal Crisis Causes Death in Some People Who Were Treated...
Doctors conducting the follow-up study of individuals treated with hGH looked at causes of death among recipients and found some disturbing news. Many more people have died from a treatable condition...
View ArticleNo Association Between Long-Term Gh Replacement, Comorbidities In...
Hammarstrand C, et al. Eur J Endocrinol. 2018;doi:10.1530/EJE-18-0370. Patients with growth hormone deficiency due to nonfunctioning pituitary adenoma experienced excessive morbidity due to cerebral...
View ArticleEndocrine testing in obesity
John P H Wilding 1 Affiliations expand PMID: 32061161 DOI: 10.1530/EJE-20-0099 Abstract Endocrine disorders such as Cushing’s syndrome and hypothyroidism may cause weight gain and exacerbate metabolic...
View ArticleSafety of Long-Term Growth Hormone Treatment Assessed
A worldwide, observational study of adults and adolescents with growth hormone deficiency (GHD) found long-term GH replacement was safe. These findings were published in the Journal of Clinical...
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Birthday of the Message Boards
September 30, 2000 – Birth of the Message Boards Today is the birthday, or anniversary, of the boards starting September 30, 2000 (The rest of the site started earlier that year in July) As of today,...
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Osteoporosis as the First Sign of Cushing’s Disease in a Thin 16-Year-Old Boy
Abstract Cushing’s disease (CD) is an extremely rare diagnosis in children. In this report, we present the case of an almost 16-year-old, short and thin boy with CD, the first symptoms of which were...
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