Pegvisomant
Summary
Risk. The use of amino acids, proteins and peptides is not considered to have any environmental impact. With the added note that: Even though biomolecules, such as vaccines and hormones, are exempted they should still be regarded as biologically active.
This summary information comes from fass.se.
Detailed information
Fass environmental information
Fass environmental information for Somavert (pegvisomant) from Pfizer AB (retrieved on 2026-03-18).
According to the European Medicines Agency guideline on environmental risk assessments for pharmaceuticals (EMA/CHMP/SWP/4447/00), vitamins, electrolytes, amino acids, peptides, proteins, carbohydrates, lipids proteins, vaccines and herbal medicinal products are exempted because they are unlikely to result in significant risk to the environment.
Even though biomolecules, such as vaccines and hormones, are exempted they should still be regarded as biologically active.
References
Author: Health and Medical Care Administration, Region Stockholm