PROLOR Biotech, Inc. (PBTH) Cleared by FDA for US Phase II HGH Trials
PROLOR, www.prolor-biotech.com – the biopharma firm utilizing a proprietary CTP technology to commercialize longer-acting, biologically improved versions of existing/approved therapeutics, reported receiving FDA regulatory clearance yesterday for Phase II clinical trials of hGH-CTP, the Company’s improved and longer-acting human growth hormone. The CTP technology allows PBTH to isolate short, naturally occurring amino acid sequences and develop them into cheaper, safer, easier to implement and more effective human growth hormones. FDA approval follows fast on the heels of PBTH’s submission of an investigational new drug application for hGH-CTP, which contained extensive preclinical and Phase I data, in addition to proposed pre-Phase…