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Ibutamoren mesylate by Lumos Pharma for Growth Hormone Deficiency: Likelihood of Approval

Pharmaceutical Technology

Ibutamoren mesylate is under clinical development by Lumos Pharma and currently in Phase II for Growth Hormone Deficiency. According to GlobalData, Phase II drugs for Growth Hormone Deficiency have a 63% phase transition success rate (PTSR) indication benchmark for progressing into Phase III. Buy the report here.

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Pfizer’s Ngenla Approved as Once-Weekly Treatment for Pediatric Growth Hormone Deficiency (GHD)

XTalks

Pfizer has been going strong on the approval front, having secured its fifth US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval in the past five weeks, with the most recent being for the company’s once-weekly human growth hormone analog Ngenla (somatrogon-ghla).

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Doctor Reveals What Happens When You Stop Taking Ozempic

AuroBlog - Aurous Healthcare Clinical Trials blog

Drugs like Ozempic are very effective at helping most people who take them lose weight. Semaglutide (sold as Wegovy and Ozempic) and tirzepatide (sold as Zepbound and Mounjaro) are the most well known in the class of drugs that mimic hormones to reduce feelings of hunger.

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Pfizer and OPKO's Growth Hormone Drug Effective in Late-Stage Trial

BioSpace

Pfizer and Opko Health reported their Phase III clinical trial of somatrogan met the primary endpoint compared to Genotropin (somatropin) for treating children 3 to 18 years of age with growth hormone deficiency.

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Targeted breast cancer drug extends lives of patients in Phase III trial

Drug Discovery World

A new type of targeted medicine has shown ‘remarkable’ benefits for patients with advanced breast cancer in a major Phase III clinical trial. . The drug capivasertib combined with hormone therapy doubled the time it took for cancer to progress in people with advanced forms of the most common type of breast cancer. .

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Specialised Therapeutics’ breast cancer drug gets Philippines FDA approval

Pharmaceutical Technology

Specialised Therapeutics’ oral drug, Nerlynx (neratinib) has obtained the Philippines Food and Drug Administration approval to lower the recurrence or mortality risk in early-stage HER2-positive (HER2+) breast cancer patients. In a Phase III ExteNET clinical trial, neratinib offered a 34% decline in the risk of recurrence and a 2.3%

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Lumos Pharma’s Patient-Centric Strategy for Rare Disease Drug Development

XTalks

Among these, rare pediatric diseases present unique challenges and opportunities for rare disease drug development. Pediatric growth hormone deficiency (PGHD) is one such condition, affecting a child’s growth and development.