Feb 20, 2002 | NEWS
The first official IPA Board Meeting occurred in Rotterdam, The Netherlands on Feb. 18-19, 2002. Future agendas were planned and the following committees were formed. Communications—Kevin O’Donnell, Alan Muir, Marylyn House Patient Organizations—Maryze Schoneveld,...
Feb 18, 2002 | NEWS
The International Pompe Association (IPA) board will meet on February 18-19th, 2002. Representatives of scientific/medical teams and Genzyme will attend. The following issues will be discussed: 1. Finalize the universal patient questionnaire to be distributed in the...
Oct 4, 2001 | NEWS
October 2001—CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—Genzyme Corporation announced today that it has acquired certain assets of Pharming N.V., the Belgian subsidiary of the Pharming Group currently operating under a court-supervised receivership. These assets include a 70,000 square foot...
Aug 7, 2001 | NEWS
Proprietary Glycoprotein Technology Platform Will Advance Lysosomal Storage Disorder Programs Excerpt from August 7, 2001 Press Release Genzyme Corp. and privately held Novazyme Pharmaceuticals Inc. today announced a definitive merger agreement under which Novazyme...
Aug 4, 2001 | NEWS
Article on Transgenic Enzyme Replacement Therapy Enzyme therapy for pompe disease with recombinant human alpha-glucosidase from rabbit milk Van den Hout JM, Reuser AJ, de Klerk JB, Arts WF, Smeitink JA, Van der Ploeg AT. Department of Pediatrics, Sophia Children’s...
May 1, 2001 | NEWS
This is an approximate transcript (i.e. from notes, not a tape) of an interview between Novazyme and the International Pompe Association (IPA). The participants were, from Novazyme: John Crowley (CEO), Julie Anne Smith (Senior Director, Patient Advocacy), William...
Mar 31, 2001 | NEWS
The following is a transcript of a telephone interview conducted for the IPA(International Pompe Association) by Kevin O’Donnell of the AGSD-UK (Association for Glycogen Storage Disease-United Kingdom. Kevin O’Donnell interviewed Paul Kaplan, General Manager of the...
Mar 30, 2001 | NEWS
Excerpt from Pharming Press Release—March 30, 2001 LEIDEN, the Netherlands, March 30, 2001 – Pharming Group N.V. announced the start of a Phase II-III clinical trial of an enzyme replacement therapy for Pompe’s disease. The trial, under management of the...
Mar 21, 2001 | NEWS
Excerpt From Press Release-March 20, 2001 CAMBRIDGE, MA and LEIDEN,the Netherlands—Genzyme General (Nasdaq: GENZ), a division of Genzyme Corp., and Pharming Group N.V. (AEX: PHAR and EASDAQ: PHAR) announced the publication March 20 in Genetics in Medicine...
Mar 1, 2001 | NEWS
The following is a transcript of a telephone interview conducted for the IPA(International Pompe Association) by Kevin O’Donnell of the AGSD-UK (Association for Glycogen Storage Disease-United Kingdom. Kevin O’Donnell interviewed Paul Kaplan, General Manager of the...
