Talk:Pegvisomant

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In the News
This drug is the subject of a current event: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/17/science/17longevity.html —Preceding unsigned comment added by 148.87.67.132 (talk) 01:55, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

Origin
John Kopchick discovered Pegvisomant in 1987, and it was approved by the FDA in 2003. This information should be included in this article. Here's an interesting source for that: http://www.ohio.edu/research/communications/royaltymonetization.cfm --Dulcimerist (talk) 21:05, 6 May 2012 (UTC)

Side Effects
Citations relatively outdated, and incomplete/inaccurate. See more extensive data in Acrostudy KFunk740 (talk) 15:36, 19 October 2016 (UTC)

Other Uses
Pegvisomant can potentially inhibit growth of some types of tumors., KFunk740 (talk) 15:46, 19 October 2016 (UTC)

General Comments
Overall structure is OK enough, but can be expanded quite a bit. I agree with Dulcimerist, that article needs a section on the drug discovery and linked to John Kopchick's wiki article, along with revenue data for Ohio University. Intro section needs to be clarified. It appears imbalanced toward lack of efficacy, but more recent data is more convincing that it does improve health and quality of life. Sources stated aren't reliable enough. (hopefully this gets a few more points on assignment). KFunk740 (talk) 00:14, 28 October 2016 (UTC)