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Increlex(mecasermin)

Increlex (mecasermin) is a protein pharmaceutical. Mecasermin was first approved as Increlex on 2005-08-30. It has been approved in Europe to treat laron syndrome. The pharmaceutical is active against insulin-like growth factor 1; insulin-like growth factor I. In addition, it is known to target insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor.

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Therapeutic Areas

Therapeutic Area	MeSH
musculoskeletal diseases	D009140
hereditary congenital and neonatal diseases and abnormalities	D009358
endocrine system diseases	D004700

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Increlex

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Mecasermin

Tradename	Proper name	Company	Number	Date	Products
Increlex	mecasermin	Eton Pharmaceuticals	N-21839 RX	2005-08-30	1 products

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aqua de folli hair booster pro	unapproved drug other	2020-10-05
hucord hscm-100 ampoule	unapproved drug other	2019-12-23
increlex	Biologic Licensing Application	2025-10-01

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Expiration	Code
mecasermin, Increlex, Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.
2112-08-30	Orphan excl.

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ATC Codes

H: Systemic hormonal preparations, excl. sex hormones and insulins

— H01: Pituitary and hypothalamic hormones and analogues

— H01A: Anterior pituitary lobe hormones and analogues

— H01AC: Somatropin and somatropin agonists

— H01AC03: Mecasermin

— H01AC05: Mecasermin rinfabate

HCPCS

Code	Description
J2170	Injection, mecasermin, 1 mg

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Indications Phases 4

Indication	MeSH	Ontology	ICD-10	Ph 1	Ph 2	Ph 3	Ph 4	Other	Total
Acromegaly	D000172	—	—	—	5	10	6	13	34
Laron syndrome	D046150	Orphanet_633	E34.321	3	7	4	4	6	21
Pituitary dwarfism	D004393	EFO_1001109	E23.0	3	4	—	4	6	16
Dwarfism	D004392	—	E34.31	1	5	3	2	5	13
Failure to thrive	D005183	—	—	1	2	4	1	2	8
Insulin resistance	D007333	EFO_0002614	E88.819	2	2	—	1	3	7
Cognitive dysfunction	D060825	—	G31.84	—	1	—	1	4	6
Heart failure	D006333	EFO_0003144	I50	1	2	—	1	3	6
Chronic kidney failure	D007676	EFO_0003884	N18.6	—	—	—	2	3	5
Metabolic syndrome	D024821	EFO_0000195	E88.810	—	1	—	1	2	4

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Indications Phases 3

Indication	MeSH	Ontology	ICD-10	Ph 1	Ph 2	Ph 3	Ph 4	Other	Total
Breast neoplasms	D001943	EFO_0003869	C50	5	5	1	—	5	13
Obesity	D009765	EFO_0001073	E66.9	1	2	1	—	9	12
Graves ophthalmopathy	D049970	EFO_1001466	—	—	1	8	—	3	12
Syndrome	D013577	—	—	3	4	3	—	3	10
Eye diseases	D005128	EFO_0003966	H44	—	1	4	—	3	8
Anorexia	D000855	—	R63.0	2	4	3	—	2	8
Anorexia nervosa	D000856	EFO_0004215	F50.0	2	4	3	—	2	8
Endocrine system diseases	D004700	EFO_0001379	E34.9	1	2	1	—	3	7
Non-small-cell lung carcinoma	D002289	—	—	3	4	1	—	—	6
Carcinoma	D002277	—	C80.0	2	3	1	—	1	6

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Indications Phases 2

Indication	MeSH	Ontology	ICD-10	Ph 1	Ph 2	Ph 3	Ph 4	Other	Total
Neoplasms	D009369	—	C80	10	7	—	—	6	21
Sarcoma	D012509	—	—	1	5	—	—	2	7
Colorectal neoplasms	D015179	—	—	2	4	—	—	1	6
Hepatocellular carcinoma	D006528	—	C22.0	2	2	—	—	2	5
Ovarian neoplasms	D010051	EFO_0003893	C56	3	3	—	—	—	5
Squamous cell carcinoma of head and neck	D000077195	—	—	2	2	—	—	—	4
Liver neoplasms	D008113	EFO_1001513	C22.0	1	2	—	—	2	4
Pancreatic neoplasms	D010190	EFO_0003860	C25	2	4	—	—	—	4
Osteoporosis	D010024	EFO_0003882	M81.0	1	1	—	—	3	4
Liver diseases	D008107	EFO_0001421	K70-K77	—	1	—	—	3	4

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Indications Phases 1

Indication	MeSH	Ontology	ICD-10	Ph 1	Ph 2	Ph 3	Ph 4	Other	Total
Cystic fibrosis	D003550	EFO_0000390	E84	2	—	—	—	2	4
Glioma	D005910	EFO_0000520	—	3	—	—	—	—	3
Aging	D000375	GO_0007568	R41.81	1	—	—	—	2	3
Tendinopathy	D052256	EFO_1001434	M77.9	1	—	—	—	1	2
Lipodystrophy	D008060	—	E88.1	1	—	—	—	1	2
Gastrointestinal neoplasms	D005770	—	C26.9	1	—	—	—	—	1
Urogenital neoplasms	D014565	EFO_0003863	D07	1	—	—	—	—	1
Female genital neoplasms	D005833	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	1
Thoracic neoplasms	D013899	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	1
Macular edema	D008269	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	1

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Indications Without Phase

Indication	MeSH	Ontology	ICD-10	Ph 1	Ph 2	Ph 3	Ph 4	Other	Total
Igg deficiency	D017099	—	D80.3	—	—	—	—	3	3
Alzheimer disease	D000544	EFO_0000249	F03	—	—	—	—	2	2
Dementia	D003704	EFO_0003862	F03	—	—	—	—	2	2
Bone fractures	D050723	EFO_0003931	T14.8	—	—	—	—	2	2
Wounds and injuries	D014947	—	T14.8	—	—	—	—	2	2
Motor activity	D009043	EFO_0003940	—	—	—	—	—	2	2
Metabolic bone diseases	D001851	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2
Overweight	D050177	—	E66.3	—	—	—	—	2	2
Alopecia areata	D000506	EFO_0004192	L63	—	—	—	—	2	2
Alopecia	D000505	—	L64	—	—	—	—	2	2

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Drug common name	Mecasermin
INN	mecasermin
Description	Mecasermin (INN) (brand name Increlex), also known as recombinant human insulin-like growth factor-1 (rhIGF-1), is a recombinant form of human insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-I) which is used in the long-term treatment of growth failure and short stature in children with severe primary IGF-I deficiency, for instance due to growth hormone deficiency or Laron syndrome (growth hormone insensitivity).
Classification	Protein
Drug class	growth factors: insulin-like growth factors
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Structure (InChI/SMILES or Protein Sequence)	—