ATC Group: H05AA Parathyroid hormones and analogues

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.

Position of H05AA in the ATC hierarchy

Level Code Title
1 H Systemic hormonal preparations, excl. Sex hormones and insulins
2 H05 Calcium homeostasis
3 H05A Parathyroid hormones and analogues
4 H05AA Parathyroid hormones and analogues

Group H05AA contents

Code Title
H05AA01 Parathyroid gland extract
H05AA02 Teriparatide
H05AA03 Parathyroid hormone
H05AA04
H05AA05

Active ingredients in H05AA

Active Ingredient

Abaloparatide is a 34 amino acid peptide that shares 41% homology to parathyroid hormone [PTH] and 76% homology to parathyroid hormone related peptide [PTHrP(1-34)], and is an activator of the PTH1 receptor signalling pathway. Abaloparatide stimulates new bone formation on trabecular and cortical bone surfaces by stimulation of osteoblastic activity. Abaloparatide causes transient and limited increases in bone resorption and increases bone density.

Palopegteriparatide is a prodrug, consisting of PTH conjugated to a methoxypolyethylene glycol carrier (mPEG) via a proprietary TransCon Linker. PTH and its main metabolite, PTH, have similar affinity to and activation of PTH1R as endogenous PTH. At physiological conditions, PTH is cleaved from palopegteriparatide in a controlled manner to provide a continuous systemic exposure of active PTH.

Endogenous parathyroid hormone (PTH) is secreted by the parathyroid glands as a polypeptide of 84 amino acids. PTH exerts its action via cell-surface parathyroid hormone receptors, present in bone, kidney and nerve tissue. PTH has a variety of critical physiological functions that include its central role in modulating serum calcium and phosphate levels within tightly regulated levels, regulating renal calcium and phosphate excretion, activating vitamin D, and maintaining normal bone turnover.

Teriparatide (rhPTH(1-34)) is the active fragment (1-34) of endogenous human parathyroid hormone. Teriparatide is a bone formation agent to treat osteoporosis. The skeletal effects of teriparatide depend upon the pattern of systemic exposure.

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