Following a positive recommendation from the European Medicines Agency (EMA), the European Commission has officially approved Ascendis Pharma's Lonapegsomatropin, Ascendis announces in a press release.
Lonapegsomatropin, which is developed under the name Transcon hGH and marketed in the US as Skytrofa, is a once-weekly injection for pediatric patients, and the approval follows a positive opinion from the EMA's expert committee, the CHMP, in November.
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