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FDA Approves Once-Weekly Sogroya® for the Treatment of Children Living with Growth Hormone Deficiency

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last month approved a new indication for somapacitan-beco injection 5 mg, 10 mg, or 15 mg for the treatment of children aged 2.5 years and older who have growth failure due to inadequate secretion of endogenous growth hormone. Novo Nordisk is marketing the treatment as Sogroya® The FDA approval...
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The “Congenital” Scientist

EN_01_2023_US_FINALCOVER Honored by both the Endocrine Society and the European Society of Endocrinology with the 2023 Transatlantic Alliance Award, George Chrousos, MD, ScD, has made significant contributions to endocrine research on both sides of the Atlantic! Endocrine News speaks with Chrousos about what this award means to him, conducting pioneering research on two different continents, the...
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Shock to the System: Pediatric Type 1 Diabetes Patients and Trauma

A new study seems to suggest that while trauma and post-traumatic stress syndrome are common in kids with type 1 diabetes, they have little to no impact on their diabetes self-management. However surprising this finding may be to researchers, it further stresses the need for multidisciplinary teams to care for these patients. Children suffering traumatic...
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European Medicine Agency’s CHMP Grants Positive Opinion to Long-Acting Growth Hormone for Patients with Pediatric Growth Hormone Deficiency

In November, the European Medicine Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) adopted a positive opinion recommending the granting of a marketing authorization for Ascendis Pharma’s lonapegsomatropin (TransCon hGH), a long-acting once-weekly, transiently pegylated somatropin that in the body releases somatropin, indicated for growth failure in children and adolescents aged from 3 years...