FDA approved Galafold under accelerated approval, paving the way for the launch of the first oral therapy to treat a subset of patients with the rare condition Fabry disease. Amicus priced Galafold at $315,000 per year.
Amicus Therapeutics Inc.'s Galafold (migalastat) will launch in the US as the first oral therapy for a subset of patients with the rare condition Fabry disease, after a winding development road that extended back more than a decade.
The company announced FDA approval of Galafold Aug. 10 for patients with a confirmed diagnosis of Fabry disease and an...
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