The World Health Organization's ATC classification organizes medical drugs based on therapeutic properties, chemical composition, and anatomy. It helps make essential medicines readily available globally and is widely used in the pharmaceutical industry.
Level | Code | Title | |
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1 | H | Systemic hormonal preparations, excl. Sex hormones and insulins | |
2 | H01 | Pituitary and hypothalamic hormones and analogues | |
3 | H01A | Anterior pituitary lobe hormones and analogues | |
4 | H01AC | Somatropin and somatropin agonists | |
5 | H01AC08 |
Active Ingredient | Description | |
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Somatrogon |
Somatrogon is a glycoprotein comprised of the amino acid sequence of hGH with one copy of the of C-terminal peptide (CTP) from the beta chain of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) at the N-terminus and two copies of CTP (in tandem) at the C-terminus. The glycosylation and CTP domains account for the half-life of somatrogon, which allows for weekly dosing. Somatrogon binds to the GH receptor and initiates a signal transduction cascade culminating in changes in growth and metabolism. |
Title | Information Source | Document Type | |
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NGENLA Solution for injection | European Medicines Agency (EU) | MPI, EU: SmPC |
Note the following: The list of brand names is continuously updated, and thus does not include the total of products circulating worldwide.