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ipsen pharma - mecasermin - laron syndrome - pituitary and hypothalamic hormones and analogues - for the long-term treatment of growth failure in children and adolescents with severe primary insulin-like-growth-factor-1 deficiency (primary igfd).severe primary igfd is defined by:height standard deviation score ≤ -3.0 and;basal insulin-like growth factor-1 (igf-1) levels below the 2.5th percentile for age and gender and;growth hormone (gh) sufficiency;exclusion of secondary forms of igf-1 deficiency, such as malnutrition, hypothyroidism, or chronic treatment with pharmacologic doses of anti-inflammatory steroids.severe primary igfd includes patients with mutations in the gh receptor (ghr), post-ghr signalling pathway, and igf-1 gene defects; they are not gh deficient, and therefore, they cannot be expected to respond adequately to exogenous gh treatment. it is recommended to confirm the diagnosis by conducting an igf-1 generation test.

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bayer ag - riociguat - hypertension, pulmonary - antihypertensives for pulmonary arterial hypertension - chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (cteph) adempas is indicated for the treatment of adult patients with who functional class (fc) ii to iii withinoperable cteph,persistent or recurrent cteph after surgical treatment,to improve exercise capacity. pulmonary arterial hypertension (pah) adempas, as monotherapy or in combination with endothelin receptor antagonists, is indicated for the treatment of adult patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (pah) with who functional class (fc) ii to iii to improve exercise capacity. efficacy has been shown in a pah population including aetiologies of idiopathic or heritable pah or pah associated with connective tissue disease.

Armenia - English - Դեղերի և բժշկական տեխնոլոգիաների փորձագիտական կենտրոնի գործունեության Հայաստանի Հանրապետությունում

baxter ag - factor viii inhibitor bypassing activity - powder and solvent for solution for infusion - 1000u (50u/ml)