Lanreotide Acetate and Xofluza

• Generic Name: lanreotide
• Dosage Forms: n.a.
• Other Brand Names: Somatuline Depot

Long-term treatment of acromegaly in patients who have had inadequate responses to or are not candidates for surgical resection and/or radiotherapy (designated an orphan drug by FDA for this use).

Goal of therapy is to normalize concentrations of growth hormone (GH) and insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1).

Improves certain manifestations of acromegaly (asthenia, joint pain, swelling of extremities, excessive perspiration, headache).

• Generic Name: baloxavir marboxil
• Dosage Forms: tablet, film coated
• Other Brand Names: Xofluza

Xofluza (baloxavir marboxil) is used to treat flu symptoms caused by influenza virus in people who have had symptoms for no more than 48 hours. It will not treat the common cold.

Xofluza is for adults and children who are at least 12 years old and weigh at least 88 pounds (40 kilograms).

Xofluza should not be used in place of getting a yearly flu shot. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends an annual flu shot to help protect you each year from new strains of influenza virus.