Adjuvanted influenza vaccine.

Adjuvanted influenza vaccine is composed of 2 type A and 1 type B inactivated influenza subunits combined with an oil-and-water emulsion (MF59). Each dose contains 15microg haemagglutinin per strain. Adjuvanted influenza vaccine was immunogenic in elderly vaccinees and in younger adults after 1 to 3 consecutive annual injections.

Sermorelin: a review of its use in the diagnosis and treatment of children with idiopathic growth hormone deficiency.

Unlabelled: Sermorelin, a 29 amino acid analogue of human growth hormone-releasing hormone (GHRH), is the shortest synthetic peptide with full biological activity of GHRH. Intravenous and subcutaneous sermorelin specifically stimulate growth hormone secretion from the anterior pituitary. Hormone responses to intravenous sermorelin 1 microg/kg bodyweight appear to be a rapid and relatively specific test for the diagnosis of growth hormone deficiency.

Liposomal influenza vaccine.

This trivalent liposomal influenza vaccine consists of purified influenza haemagglutinin inserted into a membrane of phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylethanolamine. It contains 15microg of haemagglutinin per viral strain per dose. The vaccine is immunogenic in the elderly, in younger adults and in children and adolescents with or without cystic fibrosis.