Mecasermin is made by Tercica Pharmaceuticals (Increlex) as a treatment for 'short stature' due to severe primary IGF-1 deficiency (Primary IGFD) or with growth hormone (GH) gene deletion who have developed neutralizing antibodies to growth hormone. Mecasermin is also known as rhIGF-1
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