Iplex

Active Ingredient(s): Mecasermin Rinfabate Recombinant
FDA Approved: * December 12, 2005
Pharm Company: * INSMED
Category: Growth Hormone Treatment

Mecasermin (INN) (brand name Increlex), also known as recombinant human insulin-like growth factor-1 (rhIGF-1), is a recombinant form of human insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-I) which is used in the long-term treatment of growth failure and short stature in children with severe primary IGF-I deficiency, for instance due to growth hormone deficiency or Laron syndrome (growth hormone insensitivity).[1][2][3] Mecasermin has a biological half-life... [wikipedia]

* May have multiple approval dates, manufacturers, or labelers.

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