A human growth hormone product for adult treatment of somatropin deficiency syndrome and for treatment of short stature in girls suffering from Turner syndrome, a chromosomal disorder characterized by short stature and incomplete sexual development in girls. See product monograph. Injection device: HumatroPen(tm). Mfg: Eli Lilly. Source: Health Watch - 3/11/97.

Humatrope (somatotropin) is a polypeptide hormone of rDNA origin. Manufactured by Eli Lilly and Company, it is used to stimulate linear growth in pediatric patients who lack adequate normal human growth hormone. It has 191 amino acid residues and a molecular weight of 22,125 daltons.