Genzyme’s Framingham Plant Clears FDA; Restoring Full Supply Could Take All Year
Executive Summary
The subsidiary of Sanofi long has pegged opening of additional plant as critical to restoring full production of Fabrazyme, which has been rationed to Fabry disease patients since a manufacturing interruption in 2009.
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