Amicus Therapeutics Commences Phase 1/2 Study of Novel ERT for Treatment of Pompe Disease
CRANBURY, N.J., Dec. 22, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Amicus Therapeutics (Nasdaq:FOLD), a biopharmaceutical company at the forefront of rare and orphan diseases, today announced that its investigational new drug (IND) application, submitted to U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), is now effective which allows Amicus to begin site initiation and enrollment of a Phase 1/2 study of ATB200 in patients with Pompe disease. Amicus intends to seek regulatory authorization to evaluate ATB200 in European patients as well. This novel enzyme replacement therapy (ERT) consists of a uniquely engineered recombinant human acid alpha-glucosidase (rhGAA) enzyme with an optimized carbohydrate structure, administered in combination with a small molecule pharmacological chaperone (AT2221). In preclinical studies, ATB200 was associated with increased tissue enzyme levels and reduced substrate, which was further improved when AT2221 was co-administered with ATB200…
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