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(From FinancialWire)
Byline: CHRIS HAWKE
FinancialWire-1 June 2006-Generic Human Growth Hormone Finally Approved By FDA (C)2006 Investrend Communications, Inc.
June 1, 2006 (FinancialWire) Novartis (NYSE: NVS) received approval from the Food and Drug Administration for its generic human growth hormone Omnitrope Wednesday, a first for the domestic regulator.
Omnitrope, a generic version of Pfizer's (NYSE: PFE) Genotropin, will also compete with Serono's (NYSE: SRA) Saizen. The decision marks the first time a generic version of a biotech drug has been approved in the U.S.
The FDA said the decision should be seen as an isolated…