Apr 4, 2006 | NEWS
Product is First Treatment for Pompe Disease Genzyme Corp. (Nasdaq: GENZ) announced today that it has received marketing authorization for Myozyme® (alglucosidase alfa) in the European Union. Myozyme has been approved for long-term enzyme replacement therapy in...
Jan 18, 2006 | NEWS
Genzyme Corp. (Nasdaq: GENZ) announced today that the Food and Drug Administration has extended by 90 days the review period for the biologics license application for Myozyme® (alglucosidase alfa). The new action date for the application is April 28, 2006. The purpose...
Oct 2, 2005 | NEWS
The IPA has developed the Pompe connections brochure to help get patients and their families timely and relevant information about Pompe disease and the developments that are happening. Please visit the Pompe Connections Brochure page.
Jul 30, 2005 | NEWS
Genzyme Corp. (Nasdaq: GENZ) announced today that it has submitted a biologics license application (BLA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for Myozyme® (alglucosidase alfa). If approved, Myozyme would be the first treatment developed for patients with Pompe...
May 13, 2005 | NEWS
May 11th 2005 IPA Conference Pompe’s disease Nantes, France. “Emerging therapies for Pompe disease” Dr. Ans van der Ploeg, Erasmus MC Rotterdam the Netherlands, talked about the natural course in late onset Pompe disease. She informed the audience about the outcome...
Apr 26, 2005 | NEWS
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—Genzyme Corp. (Nasdaq: GENZ) announced today that it has completed a planned analysis of interim data from its pivotal clinical trial of Myozyme® (alglucosidase alfa), which is being studied for the treatment of Pompe disease. The interim analysis was...
Dec 21, 2004 | NEWS
CAMBRIDGE, MA—Genzyme Corp. (Nasdaq: GENZ) announced today that the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) has accepted its marketing authorization application for Myozyme® (alglucosidase alfa), an investigational enzyme replacement therapy for Pompe disease. If approved,...
Oct 12, 2004 | NEWS
On 9th and 10th October, the AGSD (UK) held its annual patient conference. This year we were more ambitious than usual in that the Pompe Workshop extended into a second day. Families and speakers arrived on the Friday night and we held an informal conference dinner on...
Nov 3, 2003 | NEWS
Medical experts and patients are invited to attend the International Pompe Conference 2003. The goal of the conference is to bring together scientific expertise and patients’ experience. On the way towards a therapy for Pompe’s Disease there were and are many examples...
May 29, 2003 | NEWS
Genzyme General (Nasdaq: GENZ), a division of Genzyme Corp., announced today that it has treated the first patient in a pivotal clinical trial evaluating the use of its MyozymeTM recombinant human acid alpha-glucosidase enzyme (rhGAA) as a potential treatment for...
