Shire presents new data for Replagal and VPRIV; gets PUDFA date for Firazyr
Ireland-headquartered biopharma company Shire (LSE: SHP) presented new data for Replagal (agalsidase alfa) in patients with Fabry disease, and VPRIV (velaglucerase alfa for injection) in patients with type 1 Gaucher disease, at the 2011 American College of Medical Genetics' (ACMG) Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting, held in Vancouver, Canada, from March 16-20, 2011.
Data from clinical programs evaluating the safety of switching from Genzyme’s Fabrazyme (agalsidase beta) to Replagal and long-term safety and efficacy of switching from Cerezyme (imiglucerase; also from Genzyme) to VPRIV were presented.
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