Teduglutide is a glucagon-like peptide-2 (GLP-2) analogue. It is made up of 33 amino acids and is manufactured using a strain of Escherichia coli modified by recombinant DNA technology. Teduglutide differs from GLP-2 by one amino acid (alanine is substituted by glycine). The significance of this substitution is that teduglutide is longer acting than endogeno...
Teduglutide is indicated for the treatment of adults and pediatric patients 1 year of age and older with Short Bowel Syndrome (SBS) who are dependent on parenteral support.
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Hospital of Hyogo College of Medicine, Hyogo, Nishinomiya, Japan
Osaka University Hospital, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Osaka, Suita, Japan
Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Aoba-ku, Japan
Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Rochester, Minnesota, United States
Arkansas Children's Hospital, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
University of Tennessee Health Science Center Le Bonheur Pediatric Specialists, Memphis, Tennessee, United States
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health Surgery, Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Scripps Clinic & Research Foundation, La Jolla, California, United States
Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, New York, United States
Cetero Clinical Research, San Antonio, Texas, United States
Nycomed GmbH, Konstanz, Germany
Nycomed GmbH, Konstanz, Germany
Samodzielny Publiczny Szpital Kliniczny nr 4, Klinika Chirurgii Ogolnej i Transplantacyjnej, Lublin, Poland
Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, New York, United States
Northwest Kinetics, Tacoma, Washington, United States
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