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 evaluate the pharmacokinetics of AT2220 in muscle tissue in healthy adult subjects. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has agreed to Amicus’ proposal for the Phase 1 study and subsequently converted the clinical hold of AT2220 to a partial hold to allow the conduct of this study.