Endocrinology and Metabolic Disorders

In the span of a decade, the Acromegaly pipeline therapies, including IONIS-GHR-LRx (Ionis Pharmaceuticals), ATL1103 (Antisense Therapeutics), CAM2029 (Camurus), Veldoreotide (Strongbridge Biopharma), CRN00808 (Crinetics Pharmaceuticals), and Lanreotide PRF (Ipsen) are set to launch. What happens when the growth hormone in our body is exceptionally kind to us? What if we have too much of the growth hormone in our bodies? Increasing shoe size. Increasing weight. Widened nose. Protruding jaws. Even an increase in the size of hands. It sounds terrifying, right?  Well, the condition is known as Acromegaly. It is a rare endocrine disorder. Not many people are ...