Amicus Therapeutics Announces Successful Completion of End of Phase 2 Meeting With FDA for Amigal in Fab...(eutical company developing noveloral the...),Health

Date:8/4/2008

eutical company developing novel, oral therapeutics known as pharmacological chaperones for the treatment of a range of human genetic diseases. Pharmacological chaperone technology involves the use of small molecules that selectively bind to and stabilize proteins in cells, leading to improved protein folding and trafficking, and increased activity. Amicus is initially targeting lysosomal storage disorders, which are severe, chronic genetic diseases with unmet medical needs. Amicus has completed Phase 2 clinical trials of Amigal for the treatment of Fabry disease and is conducting Phase 2 clinical trials of Plicera(TM) for the treatment of Gaucher disease and AT2220 for the treatment of Pompe disease.

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