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Fairview Specialty Pharmacy Signs Contract With BioMarin for Distribution of Kuvan(TM)
Date:1/8/2008

MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Fairview Specialty Pharmacy today announced that it has been selected by BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc. to be a participating pharmacy in the specialty pharmacy limited distribution network for Kuvan(TM) (sapropterin dihydrochloride) Tablets, the first specific drug therapy approved for the treatment of phenylketonuria (PKU).

Kuvan was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on December 13 and is now available through Fairview Specialty Pharmacy for patients who are prescribed this treatment by their physicians.

Kari Amundson, Fairview Specialty Pharmacy Director, commented, "We are pleased to be selected by BioMarin to launch this new drug therapy. This distributor agreement is critical to our growth strategy and our ability to provide comprehensive care to patients across the Midwest and at the University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview."

"Kuvan is an important breakthrough in the treatment of PKU," said Chester Whitley, Ph.D, M.D., Director of Advanced Therapy Services at the University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview. "We are fortunate to have Fairview Specialty Pharmacy as one of the limited specialty distribution providers for this drug."

"We are extremely pleased to be working with specialty pharmacies like Fairview to make this promising new treatment option available to PKU patients and their families," said Stephen Aselage, Senior Vice President of Global Commercial Operations for BioMarin Pharmaceutical.

About Kuvan

Kuvan(TM) (sapropterin dihydrochloride) Tablets is indicated to reduce blood phenylalanine (Phe) levels in patients with hyperphenylalaninemia (HPA) due to tetrahydrobiopterin- (BH4-) responsive phenylketonuria (PKU). Kuvan is to be used in conjunction with a Phe-restricted diet.

The active ingredient in Kuvan, sapropterin dihydrochloride, is the synthetic form of 6R-BH4 (tetrahydrobiopterin), a naturally occurring enzyme cofa
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