sentences:  On March 11, 2009 the FDA announced that mecasermin rinfabate would be made available to Americans with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, more commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease, as a part of a clinical trial.The drug is currently available in Italy for this condition.Iplex was investigated in a Phase II clinical study at the University of Rochester School of Medicine, with funding provided by the Muscular Dystrophy Association and the National Institutes of Health.