ea0041ep701 | Growth hormone IGF axis - basic | ECE2016
Moschcovich Laura
, Guy Rachel
, Felikman Yana
, Zakar Miri
, Hershkovitz Oren
Background: OPKO Biologics is a clinical-stage public company developing long-acting therapeutic proteins utilizing CTP technology. The technology involves fusion of the C-terminal peptide of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), which is highly O-glycosylated, to the target protein. CTP enabled the production of a long-acting human growth hormone (hGH) (MOD-4023), which supports a single weekly injection in growth hormone-deficient patients. MOD-4023 is manufactured as a non-vi...