Genzyme’s Second Quarter Earnings Statement
In their second quarter earning statement, Genzyme provided an update on the situation at the Allston manufacturing plant, and the US Lumizyme application. To read full statement, please click here.
Changing Lives—UTSA Sombrilla
By: Jason B. Johnson posted on: July 20, 2009 Published in University of Texas San Antonio’s Sombrilla Magazine: Summer 2009 Tiffany House was just 11 when she was diagnosed with a rare and often fatal disease called Acid Maltase Deficiency. Doctors told her she...
Genzyme Submits All Information Requested by FDA for Lumizyme
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Genzyme Corporation (Nasdaq: GENZ) announced today that it has submitted the final documentation to address all items in the FDA’s complete response letter for LumizymeTM (alglucosidase alfa), produced at the 2,000 L bioreactor scale. The submission...
IPA Statement: The End Of Myozyme Supply Restrictions
By: IPA posted on: May 08, 2009 Dear IPA Affiliate, You will no doubt have heard the wonderful news that Myozyme from the Belgian production facility has been approved for patients within the European Community (see the IPA website for the press release). Another...
IPA Statement: The End of Myozyme Supply Restrictions
Dear IPA Affiliate, You will no doubt have heard the wonderful news that Myozyme from the Belgian production facility has been approved for patients within the European Community (see the IPA website for the press release). Another great success has been the adoption...
Pompe Program Update from Genzyme
Supply Update In January 2009, Genzyme notified the Pompe community that we were experiencing a temporary constraint in the global supply of Myozyme® (alglucosidase alfa) produced at the 2000 L bioreactor scale and that inventories were extremely tight. We are pleased...
Genzyme Receives Complete Response Letter from FDA on Lumizyme Application
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Genzyme Corporation (Nasdaq: GENZ) announced today that it has received a complete response letter from the FDA regarding its application to market Lumizyme™ (alglucosidase alfa) for the treatment of Pompe disease. In its letter, the agency outlines...
Amicus Therapeutics Suspends Enrollment for Phase 2 Clinical Trial of AT2220 for Pompe
Amicus Therapeutics announced today that the Company has suspended enrollment for the Phase 2 clinical trial of its investigational drug AT2220 (1-deoxynojirimycin HCI) for the treatment of Pompe Disease and that it has received verbal notice from the U.S. Food and...
European Authorities Approve Larger-Scale Production of Genzyme’s Myozyme
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Genzyme Corporation (Nasdaq: GENZ) announced today that the European Commission has approved the production of Myozyme® (alglucosidase alfa) at the 4000 liter (L) bioreactor scale at its manufacturing facility in Geel, Belgium. The product will be...
Genzyme Receives Positive Opinion on Myozyme from CHMP
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Genzyme Corporation (Nasdaq: GENZ) announced today that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has issued a positive opinion on the company’s variation to produce Myozyme® (alglucosidase alfa) at the 4000 liter (L) bioreactor...
November 2008 Pompe Program Update 2
Genzyme Pompe Program Update- November 17, 2008 We would like to take this opportunity to provide an important update to the Pompe Community. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has informed Genzyme that the FDA plans an accelerated approval for alglucosidase...
Myozyme Produced at the 2000 L Bioreactor Scale to Receive Accelerated Approval
Myozyme Produced at the 2000 L Bioreactor Scale to Receive Accelerated Approval
November 2008 Pompe Program Update
Genzyme Program Update November 10th, 2008 Genzyme would like to take this opportunity to provide an update to the Pompe Community. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) held a meeting of its Endocrinologic and Metabolic Drugs Advisory Committee on October 21,...
New video added to “Meet the Patients”
New video added to “Meet the Patients”
IPA FAQs About the Myozyme Supply Problem
A compilation of the most pertinent information regarding the Myozyme supply issue. The IPA has done its best to gather the most relevant and commonly asked questions regarding this matter. Please download the pdf file. Download complete article
AMDA Letter to Patients Regarding Supply Situation
By: Tiffany House--AMDA President posted on: January 17, 2009 The AMDA is writing to our Pompe patient community to let everyone know that the AMDA has been working closely with the IPA and Genzyme in order to get communication out to our patient population about the...
AMDA Statement Regarding the Management of “Myozyme” supply
The AMDA is writing to our Pompe patient community to let everyone know that the AMDA has been working closely with the IPA and Genzyme in order to get communication out to our patient population about the status of the Myozyme supply issue. Download complete...
PRESS RELEASE Priority access for children during Myozyme supply shortage
The European Medicines Agency’s (EMEA) Committee for Medicinal Products (CHMP) has recommended that infants, children and adolescents be given priority access to Myozyme (alglucosidase alfa), from Genzyme, during the expected supply shortage of the medicine over the...
IPA Statement Regarding The Management Of Myozyme Supply – Advice To Pompe Patients
By: IPA posted on: January 14, 2009 Since the first market approval of Myozyme, the IPA has liaised directly with Genzyme LSD Therapeutics to insist that an adequate inventory of the product was kept to ensure continuous supply to all patients receiving the treatment;...
IPA Statement Regarding the Management of Myozyme Supply
Since the first market approval of Myozyme, the IPA has liaised directly with Genzyme LSD Therapeutics to insist that an adequate inventory of the product was kept to ensure continuous supply to all patients receiving the treatment; whether through their commercial or...