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Closing the Gaps: Pompe Disease Newborn Screening and the Importance of RUSP Alignment
A Milestone for Pompe Families This SeptemberSeptember is Newborn Screening Awareness Month, a time to celebrate the programs that ensure every baby has a healthy start. This year, there's especially good news for families affected by Pompe disease: on August 18,...
OTHER NEWS
2019 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 2019 Pull for Pompe, a private fundraiser held by the Precast Manufacturer’s Association of Texas...
2019 PCMA’s Pull For Pompe!
The AMDA is excited to announce that the 2019 PCMA’s Pull for Pompe will take place on Saturday, April 13th at the National Shooting Complex in San Antonio, Texas! This is the 9th Annual Pull for Pompe hosted by the PCMA. The Pull for Pompe clay shooting event is...
Press Release: Amicus Therapeutics Announces First Patient Dosed in Phase 3 PROPEL Study
Amicus Therapeutics Announces First Patient Dosed in Phase 3 PROPEL Pivotal Study of AT-GAA in Patients with Pompe Disease Global Study to Assess AT-GAA Compared to Standard-of-Care Enzyme Replacement Therapy (ERT) over 52 Weeks CRANBURY, N.J., Dec. 20, 2018— Amicus...
Press Release: Spark Therapeutics Announces New Preclinical Data for Pompe Disease Gene Therapy
Spark Therapeutics Announces New Preclinical Data for Pompe Disease Gene Therapy Candidate Data from IND-enabling studies in three species support moving SPK-3006 into the clinic in 2019 PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 08, 2018—Spark Therapeutics, a fully integrated, commercial...
AMDA Webinar: Spark Therapeutics Gene Therapy Research
SPARK THERAPEUTICS GENE THERAPY RESEARCH WEBINAR Please join the AMDA for a webinar focused on Spark Therapeutics and gene therapy research Take this opportunity to learn more about Spark as a company and the field of gene therapy research. We will be joined by...
2018 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 2018 Pull for Pompe, a private fundraiser held by the Precast Manufacturer’s Association of Texas...
Press Release: Amicus Announces Regulatory and Clinical Updates for AT-GAA in Pompe Disease
CRANBURY, N.J., Sept. 10, 2018—Amicus Therapeutics, a global biotechnology company focused on discovering, developing and delivering novel medicines for rare metabolic diseases, announced today regulatory and clinical advancements in its development program AT-GAA for...
Press Release from Erasmus Medical Center: Making Muscle from Skin
Researchers from the Erasmus MC in Rotterdam, Netherlands, have succeeded in generating muscle cells from skin cells. This is significant as skin cells can be relatively easily obtained from a skin biopsy. The team developed a protocol to obtain pure muscle cells (ie...
2017 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 2017 Pull for Pompe, a private fundraiser held by the Precast Manufacturer’s Association of Texas...
Valerion Initiates VAL-1221 Dosing in Patients with Pompe Disease
CONCORD, Mass., July 11, 2017—Valerion Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biotechnology company that specializes in the development of therapies for orphan genetic diseases, today announced that it has initiated dosing in a Phase 1/2 clinical trial evaluating VAL-1221 in...


