Measuring the amount of glucosylsphingosine, also called lyso-Gb1, a key marker used to help diagnose Gaucher disease, may aid doctors in deciding when someone with Gaucher disease type 1 should begin treatment, a new study suggests. Additionally, a certain level of lyso-GL1 may help distinguish between patients who are…
VPRIV (velaglucerase alfa), an approved enzyme replacement therapy (ERT) for Gaucher disease, appears to be safe and effective in children younger than 4 — an age group not included in the clinical trials that supported the treatment’s approval. That’s according to a new U.S. real-world study that…
Elelyso (taliglucerase alfa) provides long-term clinical benefits for people with type 1 Gaucher disease, with a favorable safety profile, according to real-world data from a 10-year study in Albania. The treatment was effective in both patients starting therapy for the first time and…
Sharp Therapeutics said it’s arranging a $10 million private investment to advance the development of ‘901, an oral treatment designed to address the neurological and non-neurological symptoms of Gaucher disease. The financing will come through a non-brokered private placement of common stock. STX Partners, Sharp’s largest shareholder, has…
Measuring levels of glucosylsphingosine (lyso-Gb1), a diagnostic biomarker of Gaucher disease, in children confirmed by newborn screening programs to have the disease may aid a decision about when to start enzyme replacement therapy (ERT). That’s according to a study in Italy that measured lyso-Gb1 levels monthly in three…
