Amicus Therapeutics

Treatment with AT-GAA, an investigational therapy for late-onset Pompe disease, led to improvements in measures of physical and lung function in the Phase 3 clinical trial PROPEL, top-line data show. “Data from the PROPEL study demonstrate the potential to further improve motor and respiratory functions in patients with Pompe…

Amicus Therapeutics is seeking U.S. approval of AT-GAA, its investigational therapy for late-onset Pompe disease. The company has begun a rolling submission of a biologics license application (BLA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This allows Amicus to submit individual sections of the application as soon they are…

Amicus Therapeutics remains on track to announce top-line data from PROPEL — a Phase 3 trial of AT-GAA for the treatment of late-onset Pompe disease — in the first half of 2021, and plans to seek regulatory clearance to start clinical studies of a gene therapy for…

Gene therapies — after a tragedy kicked them back to the lab two decades ago — are beginning to come into their own, making possible the progress in gene-targeted and combination treatments for neuromuscular diseases once thought unimaginable. But many challenges remain — from the likelihood of no “one and…

Amicus Therapeutics has completed and exceeded patient enrollment for its Phase 3 PROPEL trial of AT-GAA, its investigational chaperone therapy for the treatment of Pompe disease. The company also remains on track to file a biologics license application…

Amicus Therapeutics’s investigational therapy AT-GAA (ATB200/AT221) continues to show promise as a safe and effective treatment for adults with Pompe disease, according to the latest results from an ongoing Phase 1/2 clinical trial. Pompe disease is caused by acid alpha-glucosidase (GAA) enzyme deficiency, leading to the build-up of glycogen…

Pharmaceutical executives rarely make for a sympathetic Hollywood medical drama. But John Crowley did, and in the nearly 10 years since the release of “Extraordinary Measures” — a tearjerker starring Brendan Fraser as Crowley and Harrison Ford as short-tempered scientist Robert Stonehill — biotech has seen a huge transformation, both…

Amicus Therapeutics announced that it has entered into a manufacturing agreement with Paragon Bioservices to drive the development of technologies, including gene therapies, now in preclinical testing for the treatment of rare genetic disorders like Pompe disease. These include a series of lysosomal disorder programs, jointly developed by Paragon (now…

A violinist with vasculitis, two Texas politicians and a pharmaceutical company whose marijuana-derived therapy helps kids with Dravet syndrome were among winners of the 2019 Rare Impact Awards. Officials of the National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD) presented the awards during a June 22 dinner attended by…

Amicus Therapeutics and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have expanded their research collaboration to develop new gene therapies for Pompe disease as well as other rare genetic diseases, the company announced. Encouraged by the success of an ongoing collaboration,…