Its commercial products include Vimizim, an enzyme replacement therapy for the treatment of mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS) IV type A, a lysosomal storage disorder; Naglazyme, a recombinant form of ...
The drug is the only treatment available for the debilitating and progressive condition, and works by replacing the N-acetylgalactosamine-6-sulfatase enzyme lacking in people with the disease.
To demonstrate how this can work, Andersson pointed to results from a study into the targeted delivery of a promising liver-targeted N-acetylgalactosamine (GalNAc) conjugated antisense ...