Genzyme Press Release

Excerpt From Genzyme’s April 17, 2002 Press Release Pompe Update Genzyme is moving forward aggressively with its program to develop an effective therapy for Pompe disease. Genzyme has invested significant resources over the past four years pursuing the most promising...

Letter from Vice President of Genzyme

Following is a letter sent to the IPA by Jan van Heek, Executive Vice President of Genzyme, for release prior to the VSN Pompe Patient Conference which took place on March 9, 2002. in the Netherlands. Dear Friends, On Saturday, March 9th, 2002, I will be speaking at...

IPA Board Meeting – February 18-19, 2002

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,...

Letter from IPA Chairman to Pompe Patients

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...

Genzyme Acquires Manufacturing Facility in Europe

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...