Dec
3
HGH Soon To Lose Patent Protection
December 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment
One company may lose its HGH patent…
Some of the biggest-selling biologics developed during the boom years in biotech of the 1980’s, including human growth hormone (HGH) and insulin, have lost patent protection in the U.S. in 2007 or will shortly, and they represent a market of $40 billion. This opens up a huge potential market for biosimilars, if regulatory hurdles can be overcome, according to a new report by Kalorama Information, Biogenerics: the World Market for Biosimilars.
Sep
25
Biopharmaceutical Market & HGH
September 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment
The biopharmaceutical market, estimated to be about $40 billion annually, is one of the fastest-growing segments of the life sciences industry.
When pharmaceutical giants Sandoz (Novartis), launched Omnitrope, its biosimilar version of human growth hormone (HGH) in Germany two years ago, the price was discounted 20% as compared with Eli Lilly’s Humatrope brand. Also, in Australia biosimilar versions of HGH are sold at a 25% discount as compared with their branded counterparts.
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Aug
5
Big Booming Biogenerics Company In Competition With Others Who Formulate HGH
August 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Israel’s Teva (pronounced teh-vuh) is the world’s biggest generic-drug maker. By making knockoffs faster and in bigger quantities than the competition, the company now accounts for 22% of all generic prescriptions written in the U.S.
Competitors have come out swinging. Swiss drug giant Novartis (NVS) recently won the rights to sell a biogeneric version of Pfizer’s Genotropin, a human growth hormone (HGH), in Japan, and Merck (MRK, Fortune 500) announced plans to develop biogenerics through a division called BioVentures. “Teva is going to be competing with the big boys,” says Sanford Bernstein analyst Ronny Gal.
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Jun
26
Japan Approves First Generic Biotech HGH Drug
June 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment
ZURICH, June 25 (Reuters) - Japanese regulators approved a human growth hormone from Novartis AG, the first green light in Japan for a biosimilar or generic version of a biotech drug, the Swiss drugmaker said on Thursday
Biosimilars are viewed as a promising new market, given the pent-up demand for cheaper versions of extremely expensive biotech drugs, some of which are coming to the end of their patent life.
Somatropin, made by Novartis’ generics unit Sandoz, is for treatment of growth hormone deficiency in children and growth disturbance associated with Turner’s syndrome or chronic renal insufficiency, the group said.
Jun
17
The American Medical Association says there’s no scientific proof to back up the claims of anti-aging hormones including human growth hormone (HGH).
At their annual meeting in Chicago on Monday, AMA delegates adopted a new policy on products such as HGH, DHEA and testosterone used as aging remedies. With HGH, the AMA says evidence suggests long-term use can present more risks than benefits. The risks include tissue swelling and diabetes. And the AMA says there’s no credible evidence that other hormones, so-called bio-identicals, are safer than traditional estrogen and progesterone products. The traditional hormones are only recommended for menopause symptoms at the lowest possible dose because of long-term health risks. The AMA says anti-aging hormone promoters need to rigorous studies to prove, or disprove, their claims.
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Jun
1
Suzanne Somers On HGH & Other Hormone Treatments
June 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment
In January, Oprah Winfrey invited Suzanne Somers on her show to share her unusual secrets to staying young.
Suzanne says that she also starts each day by giving herself injections of human growth hormone (HGH), vitamin B12 and vitamin B complex. In addition, she wears “nanotechnology patches” to help her sleep, lose weight and promote “overall detoxification.” If she drinks wine, she goes to her doctor to rejuvenate her liver with an intravenous drip of vitamin C. If she’s exposed to cigarette smoke, she has her blood chemically cleaned with chelation therapy. In the time that’s left over, she eats right and exercises, and relieves stress by standing on her head. Somers makes astounding claims about the ability of hormones to treat almost anything that ails the female body.
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May
13
HGH & Biotechnology
May 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment
(PhysOrg.com) — A new method developed by Cornell biological engineers offers an efficient way to make proteins for use in medicine or industry without the use of live cells. The proteins made in this way include many that cannot be produced by current biotechnology.
Current methods employ vats of genetically modified bacteria or mammalian cells that churn out proteins for such pharmaceuticals as insulin or human growth hormone (hgh). But there are many proteins that bacteria or cells cannot tolerate. Anti-microbials, for example, are meant to kill bacteria and so would kill the host. And many key proteins that are important in regulating the normal life of a cell would also kill the host if overproduced inside a cell.
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Mar
11
March 10 (Bloomberg) — Momenta Pharmaceuticals Inc. may become the first drugmaker to win U.S. clearance to sell generic versions of a biotechnology medicine, getting a head start on President Barack Obama’s plan to trim health-care costs by making such copycats commonplace.
Brand-name biotech treatments, which can cost individual consumers or their health plans as much as $200,000 a year, are made from living cells, unlike pharmaceutical medicines that are chemical-based. Generic-drug companies can’t sell copies of brand-name biotechnology drugs because the 1984 U.S. law allowing versions of conventional pills doesn’t provide a system to measure safety and approve so-called biogenerics.
Not all drugs made from living cells are considered by the FDA through the agency’s biologics license application process. For a variety of reasons, some categories of treatments made using living cells, including insulin, human growth hormone (hgh) and heparins, were approved under the process for conventional medications.
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Oct
23
HGH Biosimiliars In The News
October 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment
A surge in research into novel drug delivery systems will occur as companies seek to differentiate their products in response to pressure from biosimilars, according to a publication from Frost & Sullivan.
The European Medicine Agency’s (EMEA) approval of Sandoz’s biosimilar human growth hormone (HGH), Omnitrope, in 2006, has cut the cost of treatment by 25 per cent. In response to this, Frost & Sullivan recommends that companies should seek to invest in drug delivery technologies to differentiate their products.
Oct
22
Increasing HGH & Other Hormone Levels To Help Us In Mid-Life
October 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Increasing one’s varois hormone levels, including human growth hormone (hgh) may help the symptoms of menopause in women and andropause in men:
keep looking »Subcutaneous implantation of testosterone hormone pellets can increase sex drive, energy, focus, lean muscle tissue, drive, and decrease irritability in both men and women while subcutaneous implantation of estrogen hormone pellets relieves persistent menopausal symptoms in perimenopausal and postmenopausal women. The result is an enhanced quality of life and sense of wellbeing. These rice grain sized pellets are bio-identical hormone pellets have been around since the late 1940’s. They are making a come-back as more alternative and health-conscious minded adults are tired of “being tired” and who want more out of life. This anti-aging movement involving testosterone and human growth hormone (HGH) started in the 1990’s and has been more recently been popularized by Suzanne Somers and Sylvester Stallone.
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