Shortage Could Cause Early Access To Developmental Gaucher Disease Drugs
Executive Summary
Shire and Protalix BioTherapeutics' experimental Gaucher disease drugs could enter the market early to help offset likely treatment shortages created by manufacturing problems with the only enzyme replacement therapy currently approved for the orphan condition: Genzyme's Cerezyme
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