TOP NEWS
Join us for the first “Talking With Your Pompe Peeps” session on August 16, 2024!
We are excited to announce that the topic of our first "Talking With Your Pompe Peeps" session is "The Elementary School Experience: Building Success for IOPD/LOPD Children Through Collaboration and Partnership"! Join us August 16, 2024 at 1 PM CT for an open forum...
OTHER NEWS
ATAP Inclusion/Exclusion and List of Study Sites
This information was complied from the information provided on clinicaltrials.gov. To read, please download file by clicking here.
December 2009 Pompe Program Update
Genzyme would like to provide an update to the US Pompe community about the status of the Alglucosidase Alfa Temporary Access Program (ATAP) and the application for Lumizyme™ (alglucosidase alfa) approval in the United States. In a press release dated December 3,...
Influenza Vaccinations and Pompe Disease
Guidelines from Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, the Netherlands As a guideline we recommend that all patients with Pompe disease are vaccinated against influenza. This applies both to the seasonal influenza as well as for the 2009 flu pandemic (influenza virus...
Genzyme invites the Gaucher, Fabry, Pompe and MPS I communities to a Town Hall Meeting
Genzyme Manufacturing Update Genzyme invites all patients to participate in a forum to discuss recent FDA reports and media attention related to manufacturing operations in Allston, Massachusetts. Date: Monday, November 23, 2009 Time: 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM (EST) US Toll...
November 2009 Pompe Program Update from Genzyme
Genzyme would like to provide an update to the US Pompe community about the status of the application for Lumizyme™ (alglucosidase alfa) produced at the 2000 L scale in the United States. To read full Program Update, please click here.
Amicus Therapeutics Announces Plan to Initiate Phase 1 Study of AT2220 for Pompe Disease
CRANBURY, N.J., Sept 30, 2009 - - Amicus Therapeutics today announced it plans to initiate a Phase 1 study of AT2220 (1-deoxynojirimycin HCl), its investigational drug in development for the treatment of Pompe Disease. The primary objective of this study is to...
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.
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
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...