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Georgia Reproductive Specialists is First to Evaluate New, Patient-Friendly

Progesterone Supplement

ATLANTA, Aug. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Georgia Reproductive Specialists in Atlanta, GA was one of 25 sites nationwide that recently completed the largest in vitro fertilization (IVF) clinical trial ever in the world. The landmark trial of 1,211 women evaluated ENDOMETRIN(R) (progesterone) Vaginal Insert, 100 mg, a progesterone supplement used in patients undergoing assisted reproductive technology (ART) treatment. Progesterone is necessary to support embryo implantation and early pregnancy.

Based on the trial results, ENDOMETRIN, marketed and manufactured by Ferring Pharmaceuticals, Inc., was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on June 21, 2007. As the first new, patient-friendly alternative to progesterone supplementation in a decade, ENDOMETRIN was shown to provide unprecedented luteal phase support, measured by ongoing pregnancy and live birth rates, with highly efficient delivery of progesterone.

"We're were honored to have been chosen as a site for this landmark trial to give women undergoing ART treatment an effective, convenient alternative to current progesterone treatments," said Dr. Perloe reproductive endocrinologist who led the trial at Georgia Reproductive Specialists. "Our goal is to help ease the patient's journey to parenthood by being able to provide treatments that are designed with the patient in mind. Patients have been dissatisfied with current progesterone supplements, such as progesterone-in-oil intramuscular injections, which can be painful, and suppositories and gels, which can be messy. With ENDOMETRIN, they now have an effective, patient- friendly option."

Clinical trials for ENDOMETRIN were conducted using BRAVELLE(R) (urofollitropin for injection, purified) and MENOPUR (R) (menotropins for injection, USP) in the initial stimulation phase of treatment. Unlike other inferti
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