Description
Ngenla (Somatrogon 24mg./1.2ml. | 1 pre-filled pen)
What is Ngenla and what is it used for?
Ngenla contains the active substance somatrogon, a modified form of human growth hormone. Natural human growth hormone is needed for bones and muscles to grow and helps fat and muscle tissue to develop in the right amounts.
Somatrogon is a long-acting, once-weekly human growth hormone molecule created using recombinant DNA technology โ it is made by an organism that has received a gene (DNA), which makes it able to produce somatrogon.
Ngenla is used to treat children and adolescents from 3 years of age with growth disturbance due to insufficient secretion of growth hormone and are not growing at a normal rate.
Ngenla is given as a once-weekly subcutaneous (under the skin) injection using a pre-filled pen. Patients and carers must refer to the instructions for use before using the medicine. The instructions are provided with the device.