Amicus Therapeutics

Amicus Therapeutics has been honored with the WORLDSymposium 2024 New Treatment Award for Pombiliti + Opfolda (cipaglucosidase alfa/miglustat), the first medication duo to be approved for adults with late-onset Pompe disease. The award recognizes new treatments that received regulatory approval for lysosomal diseases like Pompe disease…

Throughout 2023, Pompe Disease News brought you coverage of the latest developments in research into Pompe disease and clinical trials of potential new treatments. Here is a list of the 10 most-read stories we published across that year. We hope to continue being a source of information…

Regulatory authorities in the U.S. and the U.K. are expected to decide in the third quarter of this year whether or not to approve AT-GAA as a treatment for late-onset Pompe disease, according to its developer, Amicus Therapeutics. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had previously…

Treatment with the two-part investigational therapy AT-GAA improved walking ability and lung function for up to three years among adults with Pompe disease in a Phase 1/2 clinical trial. Barry Byrne, MD, PhD, from the University of Florida, presented the findings at the 2022 MDA Clinical & Scientific Conference,…

The European Medicines Agency has accepted applications from Amicus Therapeutics seeking approval of AT-GAA, a two-component investigational therapy for the treatment of Pompe disease. “The acceptance of these filings is an important step forward for people living with Pompe disease and their families in Europe. Patients need new…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is reviewing applications from Amicus Therapeutics asking for the approval of AT-GAA as a treatment for late-onset Pompe disease (LOPD). Amicus initiated a rolling application for AT-GAA late last year, which allowed the company to submit portions of its application as…

Adults with late-onset Pompe disease in the U.K reported a long and distressing diagnostic process, with most patients calling in interviews for a reduced time to diagnosis, a shorter wait for a specialist appointment, and an earlier treatment start, a study found. At diagnosis — which often came only…

AT-GAA, an investigational therapy by Amicus Therapeutics for late-onset Pompe disease, will be available to select patients in the U.K. through an early access program before its potential regulatory approval. Eligible patients are adults who have received the enzyme replacement therapy (ERT) alglucosidase alfa — the…

Amicus Therapeutics anticipates completing a rolling application by mid-year to seek approval of its investigational therapy AT-GAA for late-onset Pompe disease in the U.S. The announcement follows a pre-filing meeting with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The rolling biologics license application (BLA), initiated in…

Miglustat — a component of AT-GAA, an investigational therapy for late-onset Pompe disease (PD) — enhances the activity of the other component in AT-GAA, cipaglucosidase alfa, researchers report. These findings were presented at the 2021 MDA Virtual Clinical & Scientific Conference, in the poster “Enhancing Delivery…