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Versartis (VSAR) Announces Presentation of Somavaratan Data at 17th ICE in Beijing

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Versartis Presents Efficacy, Safety, Metabolic and Adherence Data for Somavaratan in Oral Session at the International Congress of Endocrinology

September 2, 2016 4:05 PM EDT

MENLO PARK, Calif., Sept. 02, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Versartis, Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAR), an endocrine-focused biopharmaceutical company that is developing somavaratan (VRS-317), a novel, long-acting form of recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH) for growth hormone deficiency (GHD), today announced that data on efficacy, safety (including metabolic parameters), and treatment adherence from up to 30 months of somavaratan treatment in the pediatric long-term safety study (now named VISTA), were presented during the 17th International Congress of Endocrinology, being held August 31 to September 4, 2016, in Beijing. Highlights from the three oral presentations include:

Safety profile was... More