Jan 1, 2009 | NEWS
We would like to take this opportunity to provide an important update to the global Pompe Community. Background In the early stages of development of Myozyme® (alglucosidase alfa), Genzyme initiated manufacturing at a small scale, and has since scaled-up the process...
Nov 17, 2008 | NEWS
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has informed Genzyme that the FDA plans an accelerated approval for alglucosidase alfa produced at the 2000 L bioreactor scale for the treatment of late onset Pompe disease. Prior to approval, the company and the agency first...
Nov 10, 2008 | NEWS
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) held a meeting of its Endocrinologic and Metabolic Drugs Advisory Committee on October 21, 2008 to discuss Genzyme’s Biologics License Application (BLA) for alglucosidase alfa produced at the 2000 L bioreactor scale to treat...
Jun 4, 2008 | NEWS
Amicus Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company developing small molecule, orally-administered pharmacological chaperones for the treatment of human genetic diseases, today announced that it has initiated a Phase 2 clinical trial of AT2220 (1-deoxynojirimycin HCl),...
Apr 21, 2008 | NEWS
We would like to take this opportunity to provide an important update related to Myozyme (alglucosidase alfa) manufacturing in the United States. The FDA has informed Genzyme of its decision on the application for the larger scale manufacturing process to...
Jan 15, 2008 | NEWS
In April 2007, Genzyme implemented measures to manage the limited supply of Myozyme® (alglucosidase alfa) in the United States in order to ensure uninterrupted treatment for as many patients as possible. Since April, both the patient and physician communities have...
Dec 13, 2007 | NEWS
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Genzyme Corp. (Nasdaq: GENZ) announced today that its Late Onset Treatment Study (LOTS) of Myozyme® (alglucosidase alfa) met its co-primary efficacy endpoints. The study was undertaken to evaluate the safety and efficacy of Myozyme in juvenile and...
Oct 3, 2007 | NEWS
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Jun 27, 2007 | NEWS
MTAP, the Myozyme® (alglucosidase alfa) Temporary Access Program, is a clinical program to provide access to Myozyme produced by a larger scale manufacturing process for a limited time until this manufacturing scale is approved by the FDA. Patients enrolled in MTAP...
Jun 27, 2007 | NEWS
Genzyme would like to take this opportunity to provide a brief update to the Pompe patient community regarding the US supply of Myozyme® (alglucosidase alfa). As planned, Genzyme submitted the necessary documentation to the FDA this month for the licensure of the...
