Protropin

Some of the more recent medications provide more effective therapeutic interventions where previously few had existed, such as the protease inhibitors for AIDS, the human growth hormone Protropin, and Viagra for erectile dysfuntion.

Genentech Inc., the San Francisco-based biotech and pharmaceutical company, pied guilty to marketing to doctors one of its most lucrative prescription drugs, Protropin, for uses which had not been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Somatrem (Protropin) has an extra methionine (metGH).[63] Dosing information, nursing implications and teaching points are presented in Table 2.

Neupogen Amgen Amgen $719 Epogen Amgen Amgen 587 Intron A Biogen Schering-Plough 572 Humulin Genentech Eli Lilly 560 Procrit Amgen Ortho Biotech 500 Engerix-B Genentech SmithKline Beecham 480 Recombinax HB Chiron Merck 245 Activase Genentech Genentech 236 Protropin Genentech Genentech 217 Roferon-A Genentech Roche 172

Genetech manufactures and sells Protropin, a synthetic growth hormone for children who are not growing properly because of a pituitary gland deficiency, and pursuant to an agreement with Genetech, Caremark is the exclusive distributor of this product.