Sermorelin — regulatory status
Authorisation status by jurisdiction, development status, and the distinction between an authorised product and research supply.
§5Regulatory status
§5.1Status by jurisdiction
Table 5. Regulatory status of Sermorelin by jurisdiction, as recorded at the assessment date.
| Jurisdiction | Status | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Approved then discontinued | Geref was approved for diagnostic and paediatric therapeutic use and was subsequently discontinued for commercial reasons in 2008 |
| European Union | Discontinued | No current authorisation |
| Compounding | Variable | Compounded sermorelin is dispensed in some jurisdictions under prescription for non-approved indications; the Institute records this as a practice, not as evidence |
| Research-use supply | Not approved | Very widely offered, generally with claims unsupported by the evidence base |
| Recorded at the assessment date. Regulatory status changes and this table is re-examined at each review. | ||
§5.2Development status
Discontinued. Clinical development was terminated. The Institute treats a discontinued programme as evidence.
Table 6. Published trials held by the Institute for this compound, by phase.
| Phase | Trials | Identifiers |
|---|---|---|
| Not applicable | 1 | SERM-DIAGNOSTIC |
§5.3Supply outside authorisation
Material offered by research-chemical suppliers is not manufactured under a marketing authorisation, is not subject to the quality system that governs an authorised product, and is not covered by any pharmacovigilance obligation. The distinction matters for this monograph because every efficacy and safety estimate reproduced in §3 and §4 was obtained using material manufactured under such a system. The Institute records supply considerations separately at §8 and analytical characterisation at §6.[1,2]
References cited on this page
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- International Council for Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Pharmaceuticals for Human Use. ICH Q6B Specifications: Test Procedures and Acceptance Criteria for Biotechnological/Biological Products. ICH Harmonised Tripartite Guideline 1999;Step 4 version. identifier not held by the Institute
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