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Medical Areas: Endocrinology | Obstetrics/Gynecology (Women’s Health) | Family Medicine | Urology

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Follistim (TM) (follitropin beta for injection)

The following drug information is obtained from various newswires, published medical journal articles, and medical conference presentations.

Company: Organon
Approval Status: Approved September 1997
Treatment Area: infertility

General Information

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Oregonon's Follistim (TM) (follitropin beta for injection), the first recombinant follicle-stimulating hormone available in the U.S. for the treatment of infertility. Follistim works by stimulating ovaries to produce one or more eggs during each treatment.