TOP NEWS
2023 Helen Walker Research Grant For Pompe Disease Now Accepting Applications
The AMDA is excited to announce a research grant opportunity for applicants who are involved in Pompe Disease research. This grant opportunity was made possible by the 2023 Pull for Pompe, a private fundraiser held by the Precast Manufacturer’s Association of Texas...
OTHER NEWS
First IPA Conference Held July 2-4, 1999
The first IPA Conference was held on July 2-4, 1999, in Naarden, the Netherlands. The meeting was attended by over 60 participants from 11 countries which included members of the medical and scientific community, patient organizations and industry. Presentations...
Duke University Starts Clinical Trials for Pompe’s Disease
The following status statement was released by Synpac (North Carolina), Inc., on June 30, 1999 The following status statement was released by Synpac (North Carolina), Inc., on June 30, 1999 Synpac Pharmaceuticals Limited Cambois, Bedlington, Northumberland NE22 7DB...
Modified Adenovirus for GSD-II
The following article by Laura Spinney appears in BioMednews Reports (6- 25-99,#57) Glycogen storage disease type II causes enlargement of certain muscles, particularly the heart and tongue, due to their inability to break down glycogen. A team of American scientists...
General Information On Clinical Trials
Orphan Drug Designation A drug becomes an “orphan” when it receives orphan designation from the Office of Orphan Products Development, FDA. An orphan drug is a drug intended to treat diseases or conditions affecting fewer than 200,000 people per year in the United...
Phase II Pilot Trials Begin (January 1999) in the Netherlands
Following is background information and a Q & A released by the Pharming/Genzyme LLC on important issues concerning clinical trials for enzyme replacement therapy now underway in the Netherlands on acid maltase deficiency, Pompe’s disease. Background—Pompe Disease...
Pharming and Genzyme Form Joint Venture to Develop Treatment for Pompe’s Disease
Leiden, the Netherlands/Cambridge, Mass., October 14, 1998—Pharming Group N.V. (Easdaq: PHAR), the Netherlands biopharmaceutical company, and the American biotechnology company Genzyme General (Nasdaq: GENZ), has created a joint venture to develop and commercialize...
Human Gene Therapy 9:1609-1616
Human Gene Therapy 9:1609-1616 (July 20, 1998) Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. Adenovirus-Mediated Transfer of Human Acid Maltase Gene Reduces Glycogen Accumulation in Skeletal Muscle of Japanese Quail with Acid Maltase Deficiency S. Tsujino 1), N. Kinoshita 1), T. Tashiro 1),...
Gene Therapy: National Institutes of Health
National Institutes of Health Paul Plotz, M.D., Nina Raben, M.D., Ph.D. Nina Raben, M.D., Ph.D., NIH Research Chemist, visited the Netherlands to collaborate with Dr. Arnold Reuser on genetic mutations in AMD. They studied the presence of certain disease related...
Netherland’s Scientists Produce Knockout Mouse Model of Pompe disease
Human Molecular Genetics, January 1998 “Generalized glycogen storage and cardiomegaly in a knockout mouse model of Pompe disease” by A. J. J. Reuser/A. T. van der Ploeg, et al Enzyme Replacement Therapy (ERT).......... Therapy for Glycogen Storage Disease Type II Acid...
Gene Therapy: Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins University Barry J. Byrne, M.D., Ph.D. Paul D. Kessler, M.D. The following is a summary of the publication in the November 1996 issue of Proceeding of the National Academy of Science, titled “Gene delivery to skeletal muscle results in sustained...


