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Article: Nutropin Depot, first long-acting dosage form of recombinant growth hormone, now available.
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- June 29, 2000
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M2 PRESSWIRE-29 June 2000-GENENTECH: Nutropin Depot, first long-acting dosage form of recombinant growth hormone, now available (C)1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
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SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. and CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Genentech, Inc. (NYSE: DNA) and Alkermes, Inc. (NASDAQ: ALKS) announced today that Nutropin Depot [somatropin (rDNA) for injectable suspension] -- the first long-acting dosage form of recombinant human growth hormone -- is being shipped today to the pediatric endocrine community in the United States. Nutropin Depot was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on December 23,1999.
Nutropin Depot is a ...