Palifermin is a recombinant human keratinocyte growth factor (KGF). It is 140 residues long, and is produced using E. coli.
Palifermin was granted FDA approval on 15 December 2004.
For treatment of oral mucositis associated with chemotherapy and radiation therapy.
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Laboratory of Host Defenses (LHD), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, United States
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
National Marrow Donor Program, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Bridgeport Hospital, Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States
Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
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