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H01A Anterior pituitary lobe hormones and analogues

ATC group of level 3 – pharmacological subgroup · in plain English: hormones of the pituitary gland, e.g. growth hormone

This site has the patient leaflet or the SPC of 48 medicines in this group and its subgroups.

Place in the ATC classification

  1. H Systemic hormonal preparations, excl. sex hormones and insulins 442 medicines
    1. H01 Pituitary and hypothalamic hormones and analogues 162 medicines
      1. H01A Anterior pituitary lobe hormones and analogues 48 medicines
        1. H01AA ACTH and synthetic analog preparations 3 medicines
        2. H01AB Thyrotropin Class 1 medicine
        3. H01AC Somatropin and somatropin agonists 40 medicines
        4. H01AX Other anterior pituitary lobe hormones and analogues 4 medicines

Active substances in the group

Medicines in the group and its subgroups

MedicineLegal category
Genotropin 12 mg powder and solvent for solution for injection (H01AC01 somatropin) Prescription only (POM)
Genotropin 5.3 mg powder and solvent for solution for injection SPC (H01AC01 somatropin) Prescription only (POM)
Genotropin Miniquick 0.2 mg powder and solvent for solution for injection SPC (H01AC01 somatropin) Prescription only (POM)
Genotropin Miniquick 0.4 mg powder and solvent for solution for injection SPC (H01AC01 somatropin) Prescription only (POM)
Genotropin Miniquick 0.6 mg powder and solvent for solution for injection SPC (H01AC01 somatropin) Prescription only (POM)
Genotropin Miniquick 0.8 mg powder and solvent for solution for injection SPC (H01AC01 somatropin) Prescription only (POM)
Genotropin Miniquick 1.0 mg powder and solvent for solution for injection SPC (H01AC01 somatropin) Prescription only (POM)
Genotropin Miniquick 1.2 mg powder and solvent for solution for injection SPC (H01AC01 somatropin) Prescription only (POM)
Genotropin Miniquick 1.4 mg powder and solvent for solution for injection SPC (H01AC01 somatropin) Prescription only (POM)
Genotropin Miniquick 1.6 mg powder and Sovent for solution for injection SPC (H01AC01 somatropin) Prescription only (POM)
Genotropin Miniquick 1.8 mg powder and solvent for solution for injection SPC (H01AC01 somatropin) Prescription only (POM)
Genotropin Miniquick 2.0 mg powder and solvent for solution for injection (H01AC01 somatropin) Prescription only (POM)
Humatrope 12 mg powder and solvent for solution for injection SPC no longer supplied (H01AC01 somatropin) –
Humatrope 24 mg powder and solvent for solution for injection SPC no longer supplied (H01AC01 somatropin) –
Humatrope 6 mg powder and solvent for solution for injection SPC no longer supplied (H01AC01 somatropin) –
Increlex SPC (H01AC03 mecasermin) Prescription only (POM)
Increlex 10 mg / ml solution for injection SPC (H01AC03 mecasermin) Prescription only (POM)
Lonapegsomatropin Ascendis Pharma SPC (H01AC Somatropin and somatropin agonists) –
Norditropin Flexpro 10 mg / 1.5 ml solution for injection in Pre-filled pen (H01AC01 somatropin) Prescription only (POM)
Norditropin Flexpro 15 mg / 1.5 ml solution for injection in Pre-filled pen SPC (H01AC01 somatropin) Prescription only (POM)
Norditropin Flexpro 5 mg / 1.5 ml solution for injection in Pre-filled pen SPC (H01AC01 somatropin) Prescription only (POM)
Norditropin Nordiflex 10 mg / 1.5 ml solution for injection Pre-filled pen SPC no longer supplied (H01AC01 somatropin) –
Norditropin Nordiflex 15 mg / 1.5 ml solution for injection Pre-filled pen no longer supplied (H01AC01 somatropin) –
Norditropin Nordiflex 5 mg / 1.5 ml solution for injection Pre-filled pen SPC no longer supplied (H01AC01 somatropin) –
Norditropin Simplexx 10 mg / 1.5 ml solution for injection in cartridge not available (H01AC01 somatropin) –
Norditropin Simplexx 5 mg / 1.5 ml solution for injection in cartridge no longer supplied (H01AC01 somatropin) –
NutropinAq SPC no longer supplied (H01AC01 somatropin) –
Nutropinaq 10 mg / 2 ml (30 IU) solution for injection SPC no longer supplied (H01AC01 somatropin) –
Omnitrope SPC no longer supplied (H01AC01 somatropin) –
Omnitrope 10 mg/1.5 ml solution for injection in cartridge SPC no longer supplied (H01AC01 somatropin) –
Omnitrope 15 mg / 1.5 ml solution for injection in cartridge SPC no longer supplied (H01AC01 somatropin) –
Omnitrope 5 mg / 1.5 ml solution for injection in cartridge SPC no longer supplied (H01AC01 somatropin) –
Saizen 5.83 mg/ml solution for injection in cartridge SPC (H01AC01 somatropin) Prescription only (POM)
Saizen 8 mg / ml solution for injection in cartridge SPC (H01AC01 somatropin) –
Saizen 8 mg Click.Easy SPC no longer supplied (H01AC01 somatropin) –
Sogroya 10 mg / 1.5 ml solution for injection in Pre-filled pen SPC (H01AC07 somapacitan) Prescription only (POM)
Somatropin Biopartners SPC (H01AC01 somatropin) –
Somavert 10 mg powder and solvent for solution for injection SPC (H01AX01 pegvisomant) Prescription only (POM)
Somavert 15 mg powder and solvent for solution for injection SPC (H01AX01 pegvisomant) Prescription only (POM)
Somavert 20 mg powder and solvent for solution for injection SPC (H01AX01 pegvisomant) Prescription only (POM)
Somavert 30 mg powder and solvent for solution for injection SPC (H01AX01 pegvisomant) Prescription only (POM)
Synacthen ampoules 250 mcg SPC (H01AA02 tetracosactide) Prescription only (POM)
Synacthen Depot ampoules 1 mg / ml SPC (H01AA02 tetracosactide) Prescription only (POM)
Tetracosactide Acetate 250 micrograms/ml solution for injection (H01AA02 tetracosactide) Prescription only (POM)
Thyrogen 0.9 mg powder for solution for injection SPC (H01AB01 thyrotropin alfa) Prescription only (POM)
Valtropin SPC (H01AC01 somatropin) –
Zomacton 10 mg / ml powder and solvent for solution for injection in Pre-filled syringe (H01AC01 somatropin) Prescription only (POM)
Zomacton 4 mg powder and solvent for solution for injection SPC (H01AC01 somatropin) Prescription only (POM)

Other groups of the same level

Other names of the ATC group

Sources

  • Patient leaflets and SPCs: the MHRA product information (products.mhra.gov.uk) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA)
  • Active substances, ATC codes and legal categories: the NHS Dictionary of Medicines and Devices (dm+d), NHS Business Services Authority
  • World Health Organization (WHO): ATC/DDD classification, group H01A

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