French drugmaker Ipsen has withdrawn an application relating to its recombinant human growth hormone product NutropinAq (somatropin) from European Medicines Agency (EMEA) review. Ipsen had been seeking to extend the product's indication to include the treatment of severe idiopathic short stature but, following the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use's (CHMP) issuance of a negative approval opinion in September last year, has decided to discontinue its efforts in this direction.
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