The use of enzyme replacement therapy is safe and effective in Japanese people living with Pompe disease, a new study shows. Titled “Long-Term Observation of the Safety and Effectiveness of Enzyme Replacement Therapy in Japanese Patients with Pompe Disease: Results From the Post-marketing Surveillance,” the study…
GAA enzyme
Amicus Therapeutics received two U.S. patents for ATB200, a unique recombinant (lab-made) human acid alpha-glucosidase (rhGAA) enzyme, and the biologic component of the company’s investigational Pompe disease therapy AT-GAA. One patent covers the composition of matter for rhGAA; the second, the methods for making ATB200. The patents expire in 2035…
On a Friday the 13th some 20 years ago, 15-month-old Megan Crowley was diagnosed with Pompe disease. A few weeks later, so was her newborn brother, Patrick. Even the doctor who diagnosed the two children didn’t know much about the disease. Before that March day in 1998, he had…
Sarepta Therapeutics and Aldevron have entered into a long-term partnership focusing on the supply of DNA molecules, called plasmids, that serve as carriers for different gene therapies, the companies announced. Under their agreement, Aldevron guarantees to provide the plasmids needed for Sarepta’s ongoing gene therapy programs and any potential programs…
A research team in Korea has developed a new method using rice to produce lab-made human acid alpha-glucosidase (GAA) for the treatment of Pompe disease. Their findings were published in the study, “N-glycan Remodeling Using Mannosidase Inhibitors to Increase High-mannose Glycans on Acid α-Glucosidase in Transgenic Rice…
Lower activity of the two lysosomal enzymes underlying Pompe and Fabry diseases — acid alpha-glucosidase enzyme (GAA) and alpha-galactosidase A (GLA) — is linked to dilated arteries in the brain, a preliminary study reports. The study, “Association of Low Lysosomal Enzymes Activity With Brain Arterial Dilatation,” was…
Amicus Therapeutics is planning to launch a pivotal trial to compare its investigational therapy AT-GAA (ATB200/AT221) to the current standard of care available for patients with Pompe disease. The new trial is expected to provide additional clinical data to support Accelerated Approval for AT-GAA by the U.S.
Perlara biotech is collaborating with the University of Notre Dame in Indiana and the Warren Family Research Center for Drug Discovery and Development to develop new treatments for glycogen storage disorders, including Pompe and Cori diseases. Pompe disease mainly causes muscle weakness, impaired gait, and muscle pain. The three types…
Amicus Therapeutics is recruiting participants for the fourth group of its ongoing Phase 1/2 clinical trial evaluating the company’s investigative combination therapy AT-GAA. The trial (NCT02675465), called ATB200-02, will assess the safety, tolerability, and efficacy of AT-GAA in different groups of Pompe disease patients. The trial has treated…
Results of a Phase 4 clinical trial support the effectiveness of Lumizyme (4,000 liters recombinant human GAA) for 52 weeks in maintaining clinical stability in Pompe disease patients previously treated with the therapy’s 160-liter formulation, called Myozyme. The study, “Efficacy, safety profile, and immunogenicity of alglucosidase alfa…
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