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Insulin glargine (Lantus)
Protein medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed recordUse listed on the medicine record
Once-daily background insulin for type 1 and type 2 diabetes
Etanercept (Enbrel)
Protein medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed recordUse listed on the medicine record
Rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis and related long-term inflammatory diseases
Insulin Aspart (NovoLog / Fiasp / NovoLog Mix 70/30 / Kirsty / Merilog / Garzulys)
Protein medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed recordUse listed on the medicine record
Diabetes — the fast insulin taken around meals
Epoetin alfa (Epogen / Procrit)
Protein medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed recordUse listed on the medicine record
Low red blood cell count caused by kidney failure, HIV treatment or chemotherapy
Alteplase (Activase / Cathflo Activase)
Protein medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed recordUse listed on the medicine record
Emergency clot-dissolving treatment for stroke, heart attack and major pulmonary embolism
Insulin Degludec (Tresiba)
Protein medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed recordUse listed on the medicine record
Diabetes — the once-daily background insulin that lasts over 42 hours
Peginterferon Alfa-2a (Pegasys)
Protein medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed recordUse listed on the medicine record
Long-standing hepatitis B or hepatitis C, treated by stimulating the immune system rather than by attacking the virus directly
Insulin Detemir (Levemir)
Protein medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed recordUse listed on the medicine record
Diabetes — the background insulin that works through the day
Insulin lispro (Humalog)
Protein medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed recordUse listed on the medicine record
Fast-acting mealtime insulin for type 1 and type 2 diabetes
Somatropin (Humatrope)
Protein medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed recordUse listed on the medicine record
Children who are not growing normally, and adults with a damaged pituitary gland
Aflibercept (Eylea)
Protein medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed recordUse listed on the medicine record
Leaking abnormal blood vessels at the back of the eye, in macular degeneration and in diabetes
Fibrinogen Concentrate (Human) (Riastap / Fibryga)
Protein medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed recordUse listed on the medicine record
Replacing the protein that clots are actually made of, in people born without enough of it
Filgrastim (Neupogen)
Protein medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed recordUse listed on the medicine record
Rebuilding infection-fighting white cells knocked down by chemotherapy
Romiplostim (Nplate)
Protein medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed recordUse listed on the medicine record
A weekly injection that tells the bone marrow to make more platelets — and, separately, the drug stockpiled to keep people alive after a radiation accident
Pegfilgrastim (Neulasta)
Protein medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed recordUse listed on the medicine record
One injection per chemotherapy cycle instead of a daily white cell injection
Protamine Sulfate
Protein medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed recordUse listed on the medicine record
Switching off heparin when someone has had too much of it, or when the operation using it has finished
Recombinant Factor VIIa (NovoSeven RT / Sevenfact)
Protein medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed recordUse listed on the medicine record
Stopping bleeding in people with haemophilia whose bodies have learned to destroy the replacement clotting factor they used to be given
Four-Factor Prothrombin Complex Concentrate (Kcentra / Beriplex / Confidex; Octaplex and Balfaxar are separate products)
Protein medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed recordUse listed on the medicine record
Putting back the clotting proteins that warfarin has switched off, in someone who is bleeding badly or needs surgery within hours