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Pegademase bovine

Pegademase bovine (Adagen, PEG-ADA) is a PEGylated bovine intestinal adenosine deaminase enzyme replacement therapy for ADA-deficient SCID, FDA-approved March 21, 1990, discontinued 2019 after replacement by elapegademase (Revcovi).

Pegadricase

Pegadricase (SEL-037, pegsiticase) is a PEGylated Candida utilis uricase for refractory gout, paired with rapamycin nanoparticle ImmTOR as SEL-212; monthly dosing matched pegloticase in the COMPARE phase 2 trial.

Pegaga Oil and Gas Field

Pegaga is a natural gas field in Block SK320, offshore Sarawak, Malaysia, about 250 km northwest of Bintulu, discovered in 2013 and producing since March 2022.

Pegah Ghafoori (پگاه غفوری)

Pegah Ghafoori (پگاه غفوری), Iranian-Canadian actress born 1999 in Tehran, Toronto-based, plays Fatima Hassan in MGM+ series From (2022–2026) and leads One Must Wash Eyes (2024); also a singer-songwriter and Luleå festival Best Actress winner.

Peganum

Peganum (Nitrariaceae, formerly Zygophyllaceae) is a genus of perennial herbs native from the Mediterranean to India and Texas to NE Mexico; P. harmala yields harmine and harmaline alkaloids used in traditional medicine.

Peganum harmala

Peganum harmala (Syrian rue, harmal) is a perennial Nitrariaceae herb native from the Mediterranean to Mongolia and India, whose seeds' β-carboline alkaloids harmine and harmaline act as reversible MAO-A inhibitors, giving folk-medicinal, psychoactive, and toxic properties.

Pegargiminase

Pegargiminase (ADI-PEG 20, pegylated arginine deiminase), Polaris Pharmaceuticals' PEGylated bacterial enzyme that depletes blood arginine to kill ASS1-deficient cancers; positive phase 3 ATOMIC-Meso trial in mesothelioma, trials in HCC, melanoma, sarcoma.

Pegaspargase

Pegaspargase (Oncaspar, PEG-asparaginase) is a PEGylated E. coli L-asparaginase for acute lymphoblastic leukemia, first FDA-approved 1994, dosed 2,500 IU/m2 every 14 days, with a 5.5-day half-life and lower hypersensitivity than native asparaginase.

Pegasus (British rocket)

Pegasus is a British solid-fuel sounding rocket of the inexpensive Skua, Petrel, and Fulmar family built by Bristol Aerojet for Britain's national upper-atmosphere research program.

Pegasus (spyware)

Pegasus is NSO Group's government-exclusive mobile spyware for iOS and Android (Android variant Chrysaor), infecting via 1-click links, network injection, and zero-click exploits like FORCEDENTRY; 45 countries, 50,000+ leaked target numbers, US Entity List 2021.

Pegasus (Πήγασος)

Pegasus (Πήγασος, Pēgasos) is the immortal winged horse of Greek myth, born from Medusa's neck when Perseus beheaded her, fathered by Poseidon; he carried Zeus's thunderbolts, served Bellerophon against the Chimera, created the Hippocrene spring, and gave his name to the constellation Pegasus.

Pegasus (Πήγασος) (constellation)

Pegasus (Πήγασος), the Winged Horse, is a large northern constellation known for the Great Square and the star 51 Pegasi, the first Sun-like star found with a planet.

Pegasus (飞驰人生) (2019 film)

Pegasus (飞驰人生) is a 2019 Chinese sports comedy directed and written by Han Han, starring Shen Teng as banned rally driver Zhang Chi making a comeback at the Bayinbuluke Rally; it earned 1.728 billion yuan in China and spawned sequels in 2024 and 2026.

Pegasus 2 (飞驰人生2) (film)

Pegasus 2 (飞驰人生2) is a 2024 Chinese racing comedy sequel written and directed by Han Han, starring Shen Teng as driving-school coach Zhang Chi returning to the Bayinbuluke Rally; it earned 33.98亿 yuan, 15th on China's all-time box office chart.

Pegasus 3 (飞驰人生3) (film)

Pegasus 3 (飞驰人生3) is Han Han's 2026 racing comedy starring Shen Teng, third in the Pegasus series. Released 17 February 2026, it topped the Spring Festival slot with 29.27亿元 and passed 43.86亿元 total.

Pegasus Acquisition Company Europe

Pegasus Acquisition Company Europe, known as Pegasus Europe, was a Dutch SPAC that raised €500 million on Euronext Amsterdam in 2021 and dissolved in 2023 without a deal.

Pegasus Airlines

Pegasus Airlines, or Pegasus Hava Yolları, is a Turkish low-cost airline centered on Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen Airport; founded in 1990, it carried 43 million passengers in 2025.

Pegasus Bridge

Pegasus Bridge is the Caen Canal bridge at Bénouville, Normandy, captured intact by Major John Howard's glider-borne British force in the opening minutes of D-Day, 6 June 1944.

Pegasus Dwarf Irregular Galaxy

The Pegasus Dwarf Irregular Galaxy (DDO 216, also called PegDIG) is a gas-poor dwarf irregular galaxy in the constellation Pegasus, a likely Local Group member about 760 kpc from the Milky Way.

Pegasus Market (쌉니다 천리마마트)

Pegasus Market (쌉니다 천리마마트, Cheap Cheonrima Mart) is a Kim Kyu-sam Naver webtoon and its 2019 tvN comedy adaptation: demoted Daema Group executive Jung Bok-dong tries to ruin Cheonrima Mart as revenge, 12 episodes, finale rated 2.208% nationwide.

PEGASUS trial

PEGASUS trial: name shared by several clinical trials, chiefly PEGASUS-TIMI 54 (NCT01225562), a 21,162-patient AstraZeneca/TIMI trial of ticagrelor 60 or 90 mg twice daily plus aspirin after myocardial infarction, and a phase 3 pegcetacoplan-versus-eculizumab trial in paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria.

Pegasystems

Pegasystems Inc. is an American enterprise software company founded by Alan Trefler in 1983 and headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, selling AI-powered decisioning and workflow automation.

Pegatron (和硕联合科技)

Pegatron Corporation (和硕联合科技) is a Taiwanese electronics manufacturer headquartered in Taipei's Beitou District. Created in 2007 to hold ASUS's contract-manufacturing business, it was separated from ASUS in a 2010 spin-off.

PegBio (派格生物)

PegBio (派格生物) is a Chinese clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, founded in 2008 in Suzhou and now headquartered in Hangzhou, that develops long-acting peptide therapies for metabolic diseases and listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 2025.

Pegcetacoplan

Pegcetacoplan (Empaveli, Syfovre) is a PEGylated C3/C3b complement inhibitor by Apellis. Approved 2021 for PNH and 2023 as the first FDA-approved drug for geographic atrophy; phase 3 VALIANT showed 68.1% proteinuria reduction in C3 glomerulopathy.

PEGDA hydrogel

A PEGDA hydrogel is a synthetic, biocompatible polymer network formed by light-activated cross-linking of poly(ethylene glycol) diacrylate, used in tissue engineering, drug delivery, and soft robotic actuators.

Pegfilgrastim

Pegfilgrastim (Neulasta) is a PEGylated long-acting G-CSF, filgrastim with a 20-kDa PEG chain, FDA-approved January 31, 2002 to prevent febrile neutropenia; given as 6 mg once per chemotherapy cycle, cleared by neutrophils, with multiple biosimilars.

Peggie Castle

Peggie Castle (Peggy Thomas Blair, 1927–1973), American actress of 1950s B-movies such as I, the Jury, and star as Lily Merrill, the Birdcage Saloon hostess, in the TV western Lawman; died of cirrhosis of the liver at 45.

Pegging (sexual practice)

Pegging is anal penetration of a partner with a strap-on dildo, originally a woman penetrating a man. Term coined in Dan Savage's 2001 Savage Love reader vote; de Sade described the act in 1795; guidance covers lubricant, flared-base toys and condoms.

Peggle (series)

Peggle (series), PopCap Games' casual puzzle franchise begun with Peggle Deluxe (2007); pachinko- and pinball-inspired ball-bouncing to clear 25 orange pegs, with Peggle Masters, Ode to Joy Extreme Fever, and sequels Peggle Nights, Peggle 2, and Peggle Blast.