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U.S. regulators approved Novartis AG's <NOVN.VX> Omnitrope Pen 10 with liquid cartridge, a generic version of Pfizer Inc's <PFE.N> human growth hormone Genotropin.

The family said Genotropin is a restricted drug in Canada and only endocrinologists are allowed to prescribe it. "He doesn't know he only has a week left," Jerrett said.