Another Pfizer deal: Opko's once-weekly growth hormone

The latest transaction in Pfizer's year-end dealmaking flurry gives the company an exclusive global license for Opko Health's once-weekly human growth hormone (hGH) candidate Lagova (hGH-CTP), which complements the big pharma's once-daily growth hormone Genotropin (somatropin).

The latest transaction in Pfizer's year-end dealmaking flurry gives the company an exclusive global license for Opko Health's once-weekly human growth hormone (hGH) candidate Lagova (hGH-CTP), which complements the big pharma's once-daily growth hormone Genotropin (somatropin).

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