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New male contraceptive does not involve hormones

Medical Xpress

Instead of using hormones to disrupt sperm production, the new technique involves placing a hydrogel called ADAM into the vas deferens to prevent sperm from making its way to the urethra. A team of researchers at a company called Contraline has developed a new kind of male contraceptive.

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Managing menopause: Hormone therapy is back

Medical Xpress

A new review published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ ) recommends menopausal hormone therapy, historically known as hormone replacement therapy (HRT), as first-line treatment in people without risk factors.

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UK takes measures to tackle Utrogestan hormone replacement shortage

Pharmaceutical Technology

As supplies for Besins Healthcare’s hormone replacement therapy (HRT) medication Utrogestan (progesterone) experience shortages in the UK, the Department of Health and Social Care has issued a Serious Shortage Protocol (SSP) addressing the measures being made to mitigate the issue. This SSP is one of two protocols active for HRTs in the UK.

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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. It is administered orally.

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First European Hormone Day underscores the importance of hormones

Scienmag

Hormones are crucial to prevent, treat, and manage many of the world’s most common diseases. The role of hormonal health and disease in European Health Policies has so far been insufficiently recognized. This is why The European Society of Endocrinology (ESE), together with the European Hormone […].

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

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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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Water processing: light helps degrade hormones

Scienmag

Wherever people are living, hormones used in e.g. contraceptives or agriculture enter the wastewater. Steroid hormones, such as sex hormones and corticosteroids, may accumulate in the environment and adversely affect humans and animals, as they impair behavioral development and fertility.